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The Caliph Harun al-Rashid in the Bath (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Makhzan al-Asrar) by Nizami

The Caliph Harun al-Rashid in the Bath (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Makhzan al-Asrar) by Nizami

Persian

Stamp with a Two-Line Inscription

Stamp with a Two-Line Inscription

Roman

Oil painting of people and buildings in front of grassy hill

Ajaccio, Corsica, 1834 - 1903

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

An etched off-white paper depicted with a European port scene. Small groups of men are along the bottom with tall, white buildings behind them on the left. The right side shows tall ships. There is script writing along the bottom edge.

The Old Port of Messina, 1707 - 1783

Jacques Philippe Le Bas

m is for magick

m is for magick, 1918 - 1986

Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita)

Untitled

Untitled, born 1948

Julião Sarmento

A page of a book with text in French and an illustration of a woman bowing on a stage

Yvette Guilbert, 1864 - 1901

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Printing Block: Pages Twenty Seven (recto and verso) and Twenty Eight (recto and verso) of the Appendix to the Collected Literary Works of Hunsu Sŏnsaeng [Chŏng Manyang 鄭萬陽 (1664–1730)]

Printing Block: Pages Twenty Seven (recto and verso) and Twenty Eight (recto and verso) of the Appendix to the Collected Literary Works of Hunsu Sŏnsaeng [Chŏng Manyang 鄭萬陽 (1664–1730)]

Korean

Sketch of figures lying on the ground surrounded by snakes

The Brazen Serpent, 1499 - 1592

Michiel Coxcie

Two women in flowing dresses run in a garden with a small child in a carriage

The Beloved Child, 1732 - 1806

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Square tile decorated with blue and orange floral designs

Tile with interlocking half-palmettes and rosettes

Turkish

Text with Thistle and Grass, for the "Ballad of Santa Zita" from "Tuscan Songs"

Text with Thistle and Grass, for the "Ballad of Santa Zita" from "Tuscan Songs", 1837 - 1917

Francesca Alexander

This image shows black text and a red stamp on the left edge and a branch with leaves and flowers across the rest of hte image.

Blossoming Chrysanthemum, 1789 - 1866

Cho Hŭi-ryong

Majnun visited by his father in the desert (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Layla and Majnun by Nizami

Majnun visited by his father in the desert (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Layla and Majnun by Nizami

Persian

Iskandar Meets the Angel Israfil and Khizr Finds the Water of Life (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Iskandar Meets the Angel Israfil and Khizr Finds the Water of Life (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Iskandar Mourns the Dying Dara (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Iskandar Mourns the Dying Dara (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Winter landscape showing two people walking down a snowy country road

Road toward the Farm Saint-Siméon, Honfleur, 1840 - 1926

Claude Monet

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

Yvette Guilbert, 1864 - 1901

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Text with a single color illustration of a man leading a bear on a chain

The Old Tales (Les Vieilles Histoires), Cover-Frontispiece, 1864 - 1901

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

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

Yvette Guilbert, 1864 - 1901

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

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