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A molded terracotta sculpture of a standing lion on a short platform. It has a short main, large ears, a flat back, and its tail lies on top of its rear. It is off-white and green in color and the platform is red. It is standing with its mouth open.

Lion

Hurrian

Fragment of Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Letter

Fragment of Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Letter

Assyrian

Folio from a manuscript of the Nuzhatnama-i `Ala'i (The `Ala'i Book of Pleasure) by Shahmardan b. Abi 'l-Khayr Razi

Folio from a manuscript of the Nuzhatnama-i `Ala'i (The `Ala'i Book of Pleasure) by Shahmardan b. Abi 'l-Khayr Razi

Persian

The Virgin and Child with Angels

The Virgin and Child with Angels, c. 1362/3 - 1422

Taddeo di Bartolo

Painting of man in black robe with blue background and inscription

Martin Luther, 1472 - 1553

Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder

An open book, with a portrait of a man on the left page and the title page on the right page.

Illustrations for Huit Sonnets by E. Degas, 1834 - 1917

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas

Print of two views of same man facing viewer and in profile

Double Portrait of Napoleon, active 1824-1841

Georges Maile

A line of robed figures gathered in front of a tree playing musical instruments and holding banners

"So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job", 1757 - 1827

William Blake

A man sits on the ground looking up and raising his hands skyward, while figures around him kneel and bow their heads.

"Let the day perish wherein I was born,", 1757 - 1827

William Blake

A figure with a long flowing beard floats above a group of  figures kneeling and crouching on the ground

"Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind,", 1757 - 1827

William Blake

A bearded being peers over a cloud and points downward at a pair of monstrous creatures while a group of people look on

"Behold now Behemoth which I made with thee,", 1757 - 1827

William Blake

A man and a woman give a loaf of bread to a beggar, while a scene above them shows a figure falling from the side of a bearded robed man who is surrounded by angels

"Then went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord,", 1757 - 1827

William Blake

Poster of man being chased by a bull and three other figures.

Poster for "La vache enragée", 1864 - 1901

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Pastel drawing of close view of flower pistils (round center parts)

Study of Rosettes for Lady's Dress, 1834 - 1903

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Reminiscences

Reminiscences

Jonas Mekas

Qanbar Delivers `Ali's Letter to Mir Sayyaf (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Khavarannama by Muhammad ibn Husam

Qanbar Delivers `Ali's Letter to Mir Sayyaf (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Khavarannama by Muhammad ibn Husam

Persian

Ardashir Enthroned (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru's  Majma' al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of Histories)

Ardashir Enthroned (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru's Majma' al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of Histories)

Persian

Timur Holding court in a Garden (painting, recto), Text (verso), illustrated folio (35) from a Manuscript of the Timurnama by Hatifi

Timur Holding court in a Garden (painting, recto), Text (verso), illustrated folio (35) from a Manuscript of the Timurnama by Hatifi

Uzbek

Timur Holding Court in a Garden (painting, verso), Text (recto), illustrated folio (34) from a Manuscript of the Timurnama by Hatifi

Timur Holding Court in a Garden (painting, verso), Text (recto), illustrated folio (34) from a Manuscript of the Timurnama by Hatifi

Uzbek

Screen with Rubbings from a Stone-Engraved Text of the Diamond Sutra at Mount Tai (dated to ca. 520  AD) Arranged in a Poetic Couplet

Screen with Rubbings from a Stone-Engraved Text of the Diamond Sutra at Mount Tai (dated to ca. 520 AD) Arranged in a Poetic Couplet

Chinese

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