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Illustrated Manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Nizami

Illustrated Manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Nizami

Persian

Illustrated Manuscript of the Kulliyat (Complete Works) of Sa'di

Illustrated Manuscript of the Kulliyat (Complete Works) of Sa'di

Persian

Captain John Linzee (1743-1798)

Captain John Linzee (1743-1798), c. 1720 - c. 1791

Sir George Chalmers

Winter landscape showing two people walking down a snowy country road

Road toward the Farm Saint-Siméon, Honfleur, 1840 - 1926

Claude Monet

The Lotus Sutra (Miaofa Lianhua Jing) with Illustrated Frontispiece

The Lotus Sutra (Miaofa Lianhua Jing) with Illustrated Frontispiece

Chinese

A King Performing a Ritual (painting, recto; painting, verso), illustration from a Ramayana series

A King Performing a Ritual (painting, recto; painting, verso), illustration from a Ramayana series

Indian

Overseer ushabti belonging to Khonsuenrenep

Overseer ushabti belonging to Khonsuenrenep

Egyptian

A limestone relief depicting the profile of a standing man wearing a draped robe and a tall headpiece. He holds an object in one hand and his bottom half has a large circle around it.

Relief Fragment: Ahuramazda in the Winged Disk

Achaemenid

Battle Between Ghatotkacha and Karna, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Mahabharata

Battle Between Ghatotkacha and Karna, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Mahabharata

Indian

Manuscript of the Qur'an

Manuscript of the Qur'an

Ottoman

Ibrahim Preparing to Sacrifice Isaac (painting, verso; text, recto), folio 43 from a manuscript of the Qisas al-Anbiya (Tales of the Prophets) of Ishaq b. Ibrahim al-Nayshaburi

Ibrahim Preparing to Sacrifice Isaac (painting, verso; text, recto), folio 43 from a manuscript of the Qisas al-Anbiya (Tales of the Prophets) of Ishaq b. Ibrahim al-Nayshaburi

Ottoman

Isfandiyar's Third Course; He Slays the Dragon (painting, verso), Isfandiyar's Second Course; He Slays the Lions (text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Isfandiyar's Third Course; He Slays the Dragon (painting, verso), Isfandiyar's Second Course; He Slays the Lions (text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Persian

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), 1779 - 1843

Washington Allston

Half-Blood Horse

Half-Blood Horse, 1796 - 1875

Antoine Louis Barye

Calling

Calling, 1943 - 1987

Christopher Wilmarth

Two East Indian Birds

Two East Indian Birds, 1648 - 1727

Johannes Bronckhorst

Man handing cup to man on horseback outside building

The White Horse Tavern, 1791 - 1824

Théodore Géricault

A Peep into the Cave of Jacobinism

A Peep into the Cave of Jacobinism, 1757 - 1815

James Gillray

A carved stone grotesque figure overlooking an aerial view of the city of Paris

Le Stryge, 1821 - 1868

Charles Meryon

Albert of Brandenburg, Archbishop of Mayence

Albert of Brandenburg, Archbishop of Mayence, 1471 - 1528

Albrecht Dürer

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