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Preparations for the Wedding of Farangis and Siyavush (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Preparations for the Wedding of Farangis and Siyavush (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Page with painting of man on horseback holding mouth of red dragon

Gushtasp Slays a Dragon (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

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

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

Rustam and the Iranians Hunt in Afrasiyab’s Preserves (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Rustam and the Iranians Hunt in Afrasiyab’s Preserves (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Rustam and the Iranians Hunt in Afrasiyab’s Preserves (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Rustam and the Iranians Hunt in Afrasiyab’s Preserves (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Rustam Rescues Bijan from the Pit (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Rustam Rescues Bijan from the Pit (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

A hollow cylindar of green discolored metal with a cat figure on top and a fractured semicircle of a different and badly rusted metal.

Axe Head and Shaft Hole with Feline Decoration

Iranian

Text folio, text folio with a heading in gold (text recto, text with gold verso of folio 32) from a manuscript of Subhat al-abrar by Jami

Text folio, text folio with a heading in gold (text recto, text with gold verso of folio 32) from a manuscript of Subhat al-abrar by Jami

Stamp with Greek Inscription

Stamp with Greek Inscription

Roman

Stamp of Septimius Priscus

Stamp of Septimius Priscus

Roman

Wisdom Sleeps and Venus and Amor Watch

Wisdom Sleeps and Venus and Amor Watch

Unidentified Artist

(a little) more careful

(a little) more careful, 1918 - 1986

Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita)

Return from the Hunt

Return from the Hunt, 1620 - 1683

Nicolaes Berchem the Elder

Untitled (adhered flyer, left page); Untitled (blank, right page)

Untitled (adhered flyer, left page); Untitled (blank, right page), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

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

Autumn

Autumn, 1750 - 1802

Gilles Antoine Demarteau

Painting of cupboard filled with books, papers, and a cast of a head

The Vanity of the Artist's Dream, 1785 - 1862

Charles Bird King

The Assumption of the Virgin

The Assumption of the Virgin, c. 1360 - before 1413

Starnina (Gherardo di Jacopo di Neri)

Text folio (text recto; text with an illuminated heading verso of folio 346), from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

Text folio (text recto; text with an illuminated heading verso of folio 346), from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

Persian

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