Left half of the double-page illuminated frontispiece (illuminated frontispiece recto; text verso of folio 4), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi
Persian
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
Flower Piece, 1743 - 1822
Richard Earlom
elephant's q, 1918 - 1986
Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita)
Greek Grenadier, 1727 - 1792
Benigno Bossi
An Exhibition of Precious Vessels visited by a man, a woman and a child, 1565 - 1629
Jacques de Gheyn II
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, 1571 - 1631
Jacob Matham
The Trio, Tokyo, Japan, 1848 - 1933
Lilla Cabot Perry
Napoléon-François-Charles-Joseph Bonaparte, 1769 - 1830
Thomas Lawrence
Two Views of Waterfronts, 1697 - 1768
Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto
Sultan Murad III (r. 1574-1595) in his Library (painting, recto; text, verso) illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Javahir al Ghara’ib Tarjomat Bahr al-‘Aja’ib (Gems of Marvels: A Translation of the Sea of Wonders) by Mustafa Cenabi (Jannabi).
Ottoman
Bifolio from a manuscript of Yusuf va Zulaykha by Jami
Persian
Brick Stamp of Dionysius, slave of Domitia Lucilla Minor
Roman
Stamp of Lanius Rufinus
Roman
Landscape Illustration and Leaves 2 through 5 from Chapter Thirteen of the Imperial Commentary on the Buddhist Canon (Tripitaka) Commissioned by Emperor Taizong (r. 976-997)
Chinese
Landscape Illustration and Leaves 11 through 15 from Chapter Thirteen of the Imperial Commentary on the Buddhist Canon (Tripitaka) Commissioned by Emperor Taizong (r. 976-997)
Chinese
Landscape Illustrations and Leaves 6 through 10 from Chapter Thirteen of the Imperial Commentary on the Buddhist Canon (Tripitaka) Commissioned by Emperor Taizong (r. 976-997)
Chinese
The Emergence of Kaushiki, Preparatory Drawing for a Devi Mahatmya (Glory of the Goddess) Series
Indian
Bathing Maidens Observed by the Master of the Garden, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Haft Paykar of Nizami
Persian
The Tragedy of an Honest Wife: Fredegonda, Seated before a Window, Watches Galswintha's Arrival, 1836 - 1912
Lawrence Alma-Tadema