The Orphan from Whose Guardian the Ruler Asked for Gold (painting recto; text verso of folio 27), painting from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di
Persian
Salih (?) Bringing Forth a Camel from a Rock (painting, verso; text, recto), folio 29 from a manuscript of the Qisas al-Anbiya (Tales of the Prophets) of Ishaq b. Ibrahim al-Nayshaburi
Ottoman
Garden Scene (painting, verso), Text (recto), folio 78 from the Bustan by Sa`di, Written for Sultan `Abd al-`Aziz (1540-50) and Reworked for Emperor Jahangir (1605-27), active 1st half of 16th century
Attributed to Shaykh Zada
Female Cupbearer (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of Kitab fi Ma'rifat al-Hiyal al-Handasiya (Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices) of al-Jazari
Arab
A Sheep Approaches Yunus to Give Him Milk (painting, verso; text, recto), folio 172 from a manuscript of the Qisas al-Anbiya (Tales of the Prophets) of Ishaq b. Ibrahim al-Nayshaburi
Ottoman
Sulayman Looks at Balqi's Legs to See if They are Hairy (painting, verso; text, recto), folio 128 from a manuscript of the Qisas al-Anbiya (Tales of the Prophets) of Ishaq b. Ibrahim al-Nayshaburi
Ottoman
Dinar of Al-Walid, r. 705 - 715
Al-Walid I
Epigraphic Textile
Persian
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), 1779 - 1843
Washington Allston
A Stag Braying, 1796 - 1875
Antoine Louis Barye
Reclining Panther, 1796 - 1875
Antoine Louis Barye
Belt Buckle
Byzantine
Miracle of Saint Mark, 1571 - 1631
Jacob Matham
Relief Fragment: Ahuramazda in the Winged Disk
Achaemenid
Illuminated page from a Zakhira-i Khvarazmshahi (Treasure Dedicated to the King of Khvarazm) of Isma’il Gorgani
Indian
Worship of the Seven-headed Dragon and the Monster with Ram's Horns, and the Son of Man, 1471 - 1528
Albrecht Dürer
solw, 1918 - 1986
Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita)
love your brother, 1918 - 1986
Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita)
Taking Advantage of the Right Moment, convincing the Chinese to accept being Paid Two Hundred Millions in Opium, 1808-1879