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A King Killed by Rama’s Arrow

A King Killed by Rama’s Arrow

Indian

Shah Abbas Receiving Khan Alam in 1618

Shah Abbas Receiving Khan Alam in 1618

Indian

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 40) from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 40) from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Persian

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 99) from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 99) from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Persian

A painted wooden sculpture of a head that is facing the viewer. The head is tilted to the right and is round in shape. The head has long earlobes and wears a black headdress.

Head of a Bodhisattva, d. 1057

Attributed to Jōchō

Pump for Raising Water (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Kitab fi Ma'rifat al-Hiyal al-Handasiyya (Book of Ingenious Mechanical Devices) of al-Jazari

Pump for Raising Water (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Kitab fi Ma'rifat al-Hiyal al-Handasiyya (Book of Ingenious Mechanical Devices) of al-Jazari

Arab

A Maiden Reclines, drawing by Aqa Riza (recto); calligraphy by Ahmad al-Husayni (verso)

A Maiden Reclines, drawing by Aqa Riza (recto); calligraphy by Ahmad al-Husayni (verso), c. 1560-70 - 1635

Attributed to Aqa Riza (Riza ‘Abbasi)

Yoke

Yoke

Unidentified Artist

A drawing of a nighttime seascape with a boat in the foreground and hills in the background.

Dante and Virgil on the Edge of the Stygian Pool (from Dante's "Divine Comedy"), 1757 - 1827

William Blake

A man sitting on the ground raising his hands in the air as others kneel around him

Let the Day Perish Wherein I Was Born (The Book of Job), 1757 - 1827

William Blake

Mill on a Rocky Hill with Waterfall and Pool

Mill on a Rocky Hill with Waterfall and Pool, 1779 - 1843

Washington Allston

Sketch for "The Discoverer" Fresco, Assembly Chamber, State Capitol, Albany, New York

Sketch for "The Discoverer" Fresco, Assembly Chamber, State Capitol, Albany, New York, 1824 - 1879

William Morris Hunt

Landscape with Boat

Landscape with Boat, 1837 - 1911

Alphonse Legros

Wide wooden carving of reclining man with men on either side

Jesse Tree, c. 1480 - c. 1530

Circle of Heinrich Douvermann

A multicolored grid with asymmetrical margins on four sides.

Design for a Rug, 1899 - 1994

Anni Albers

A line drawing of the head of a woman in profile

Yvette Guilbert, 1864 - 1901

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

A man uses a complicated instrument in front of several onlookers while warriors run above.

Hydria (water jar): Herakles as Musician

Greek

On a vessel a man holds a large cup and a staff with vines coming from the top.

Lekythos (oil flask): Dionysos Holding a Kantharos, 500 BCE - 470 BCE

Attributed to The Berlin Painter

Ornate, gilded four-tiered wooden altarpiece with carved decoration.

Reredos (in three parts)

Unidentified Artist

A round, white porcelain jar decorated with blue designs and a floral motif

Jar with Decoration of Peony Sprays

Korean

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