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John the Baptist

John the Baptist, 1577 - 1658

Christoffel van Sichem II

Reclining figures surround a baby in front of a forested landscape

The Infant Bacchus Entrusted to the Nymphs of Nysa; The Death of Echo and Narcissus, 1594 - 1665

Nicolas Poussin

Text folio with gold drawings on the margin (text recto; text verso of folio 4), from a manuscript of the Tarjuma-yi Qutub Shahi by Shaykh Baha’i

Text folio with gold drawings on the margin (text recto; text verso of folio 4), from a manuscript of the Tarjuma-yi Qutub Shahi by Shaykh Baha’i

Persian

This image shows a budding tree growing from the bottom right corner to the top center of the image, with black text in the top left and top right corners and three red stamps in top left corner.

Branch of Blossoming Plum, c. 1517 - after 1601

Liu Shiru 劉世儒

A page of a book with text in French and an illustration of a man in a checked suit and a woman in an evening gown

Yvette Guilbert, 1864 - 1901

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Two sides of a circular gold coin with Arabic writing

Dinar of al-Muqtadir, Misr, r. 908-932

Al-Muqtadir

Kay Khusraw Reviews His Troops (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Kay Khusraw Reviews His Troops (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Piran Attacks the Iranians at Night (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Piran Attacks the Iranians at Night (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Wedding Celebration of Zal and Rudaba (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Wedding Celebration of Zal and Rudaba (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

The Prophet Muhammad's Ascent to Heaven (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Iskandarnama) by Nizami

The Prophet Muhammad's Ascent to Heaven (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Iskandarnama) by Nizami

Persian

Youth with Jug

Youth with Jug

Unidentified Artist

Illustrated Liturgical Manuscript of Pali Chants Written in Khom Yo Script, with Illustrations of the Ten Jatakas and Vessantara Jataka

Illustrated Liturgical Manuscript of Pali Chants Written in Khom Yo Script, with Illustrations of the Ten Jatakas and Vessantara Jataka

Thai

Rustam Fending off the Rock Dropped by Bahman (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Rustam Fending off the Rock Dropped by Bahman (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Story of Bahman Seeking Rustam and Launching a Boulder toward Him (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Story of Bahman Seeking Rustam and Launching a Boulder toward Him (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Rustam's Seventh Course: He Slays the White Demon (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Rustam's Seventh Course: He Slays the White Demon (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Intaglio: Eagle Holding Animal

Intaglio: Eagle Holding Animal

Roman

Badlands on the Wind River, Wyoming

Badlands on the Wind River, Wyoming, 1843 - 1942

William Henry Jackson

crazy enough

crazy enough, 1918 - 1986

Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita)

Louis de La Vergne-Montenard de Tressan, Evêque du Mans

Louis de La Vergne-Montenard de Tressan, Evêque du Mans, 1640 - 1707

Gérard Edelinck

Bone/Ivory Stylus

Bone/Ivory Stylus

Roman

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