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Europe in Her Present Disordered State

Europe in Her Present Disordered State

Unidentified Artist

At the Races: The Start

At the Races: The Start, 1834 - 1917

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas

A group of falling figures is in distress among flames and crumbling stone columns as a bat-winged figure looks on from above.

"Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine,", 1757 - 1827

William Blake

Manuscript of the Ta'qibat-i Namaz

Manuscript of the Ta'qibat-i Namaz

Persian

Frontispiece (blank recto; text verso of folio 2), from a manuscript of Ta‘qibat-i Namaz

Frontispiece (blank recto; text verso of folio 2), from a manuscript of Ta‘qibat-i Namaz

Persian

Colophon (text recto; blank verso of folio 10), from a manuscript of Ta‘qibat-i Namaz

Colophon (text recto; blank verso of folio 10), from a manuscript of Ta‘qibat-i Namaz

Persian

Manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Jami

Manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Jami

Persian

Gold-speckled pinkish paper of flyleaf (almost blank recto; scribbled lines verso of folio 1), from a manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Jami

Gold-speckled pinkish paper of flyleaf (almost blank recto; scribbled lines verso of folio 1), from a manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Jami

Persian

Illuminated sarlawh of the Layla and Majnun (later notes recto; text verso of folio 3), from a manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Jami

Illuminated sarlawh of the Layla and Majnun (later notes recto; text verso of folio 3), from a manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Jami

Persian

A sublime view of a small city with a tower on the horizon, sits below a dramatic cloudy sky.

View of Rhenen, 1596 - 1656

Jan van Goyen

Billowing clouds hover over a hillside as a family stops in the center to gather sticks.

Landscape with Wood Gatherers, 1619 - 1668

Philips Wouwerman

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (winged insect with faint color transfer, right page)

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (winged insect with faint color transfer, right page), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Violet and Rose: La Belle de Jour

Violet and Rose: La Belle de Jour, 1834 - 1903

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Portrait of a Woman

Portrait of a Woman, 1709 - 1779

Luigi Crespi

Landscape with Shepherds and Cows

Landscape with Shepherds and Cows, 1624 - 1700

Lambert Doomer

Calligraphic Portrait of the Prophet Muhammad (recto); Geneaology of the Prophet Muhammad (verso) , left-hand side of a bifolio from a manuscript

Calligraphic Portrait of the Prophet Muhammad (recto); Geneaology of the Prophet Muhammad (verso) , left-hand side of a bifolio from a manuscript

Ismail bin Ibrahim Bosnavi (calligrapher, d. 1748)

Calligraphic Portrait of the Prophet Muhammad, right-hand side of a bifolio from a manuscript

Calligraphic Portrait of the Prophet Muhammad, right-hand side of a bifolio from a manuscript

Ismail bin Ibrahim Bosnavi (calligrapher, d. 1748)

A hexagonal tile decorated with repeating blue floral designs.

Hexagonal tile with floral and cloud pattern

Turkish

A square lusterware tile that is colored brown and has white details. It’s painted details and 3D surface depicts a floral pattern, two birds, and a blue arch with more flowers underneath.

Square tile from an inscriptional frieze with birds and flowers in relief

Persian

Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (text, right page)

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

Otto Piene

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