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View of the Campus Martius

View of the Campus Martius, 1720 - 1778

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Episodes from the wedding of Zal and Rudaba

Episodes from the wedding of Zal and Rudaba

Persian

A woodcut print of an endless, many-looped knot. Text is written along the inside of the image, with additional text above, to the left, and to the right of the image.

Lottery Ticket: The Endless Knot

Unidentified Artist

Manuscript of the 'Aja'ib al-makhluqat (Wonders of Creation) of Qazwini, with 253 paintings

Manuscript of the 'Aja'ib al-makhluqat (Wonders of Creation) of Qazwini, with 253 paintings

Indian

Red Mullets

Red Mullets, 1840 - 1926

Claude Monet

Illuminated title page: opening verses of the Shahnama, folio from a manuscript of the Shanama by Firdawsi

Illuminated title page: opening verses of the Shahnama, folio from a manuscript of the Shanama by Firdawsi

Persian

Introduction to the Shahnama (illuminated text, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Introduction to the Shahnama (illuminated text, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Heavenly and Earthly Drunkenness (text, verso; text recto), folio from a manuscript of Divan of Hafiz

Heavenly and Earthly Drunkenness (text, verso; text recto), folio from a manuscript of Divan of Hafiz, 16th century

Sultan Muhammad

Text (recto), Four Mosques (verso), folio 41 from a Manuscript of a Majmu`a of Persian Texts

Text (recto), Four Mosques (verso), folio 41 from a Manuscript of a Majmu`a of Persian Texts

Ottoman

Jabal Ahad (recto), Text (verso), folio 42 from a Manuscript of a Majmu`a of Persian Texts

Jabal Ahad (recto), Text (verso), folio 42 from a Manuscript of a Majmu`a of Persian Texts

Ottoman

Title: The Qualities of Mecca (recto), Text (verso), folio 67 of a Manuscript of a Majmu`a of Persian Texts

Title: The Qualities of Mecca (recto), Text (verso), folio 67 of a Manuscript of a Majmu`a of Persian Texts

Ottoman

Text (recto), Invocation/Prayers (verso), folio 104 from a Manuscript of a Majmu`a of Persian Texts

Text (recto), Invocation/Prayers (verso), folio 104 from a Manuscript of a Majmu`a of Persian Texts

Ottoman

Bahram Chubina Slays Kut of Rum (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Bahram Chubina Slays Kut of Rum (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Allegory on the Art of Drawing with the Emblem of the Artist

Allegory on the Art of Drawing with the Emblem of the Artist, 1558 - 1617

Hendrick Goltzius

Danaë Watching the Building of the Brazen Tower

Danaë Watching the Building of the Brazen Tower, 1833 - 1898

Edward Burne-Jones

Portrait of Neville Cain and Study of Mother and Child

Portrait of Neville Cain and Study of Mother and Child, 1856 - 1925

John Singer Sargent

Bahram Gur hunts with Azada (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Bahram Gur hunts with Azada (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

The Story of Bahram Gur Hunting (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

The Story of Bahram Gur Hunting (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Bahram Gur in the Sandalwood Pavilion, from the Haft paykar

Bahram Gur in the Sandalwood Pavilion, from the Haft paykar

Persian

A page of a book with text in French and an illustration of a woman raising a glass to her mouth

Yvette Guilbert, 1864 - 1901

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

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