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Zulaykha Sees Potiphar from the Opening of Her Tent (painting recto; text verso of folio 41); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Zulaykha Sees Potiphar from the Opening of Her Tent (painting recto; text verso of folio 41); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Persian

Yusuf’s Brothers Plead to Take Their Youngest Brother Home (text recto; painting verso of folio 50); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Yusuf’s Brothers Plead to Take Their Youngest Brother Home (text recto; painting verso of folio 50); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Persian

Pulling Yusuf from the Well (text recto; painting verso of folio 53); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Pulling Yusuf from the Well (text recto; painting verso of folio 53); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Persian

Yusuf Tells His Story (text recto; painting verso of folio 64); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Yusuf Tells His Story (text recto; painting verso of folio 64); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Persian

Zulaykha Begs Yusuf for His Love (painting recto; text verso of folio 68); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Zulaykha Begs Yusuf for His Love (painting recto; text verso of folio 68); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Persian

Zulaykha Asks Her Nanny to Think of a Plot (painting recto; text verso of folio 75); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Zulaykha Asks Her Nanny to Think of a Plot (painting recto; text verso of folio 75); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Persian

Egyptian Women Overwhelm by Yusuf’s Beauty (painting recto; text verso of folio 90); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Egyptian Women Overwhelm by Yusuf’s Beauty (painting recto; text verso of folio 90); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Persian

Zulaykha Stops Yusuf As A Beggar (painting recto; text verso of folio 113); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Zulaykha Stops Yusuf As A Beggar (painting recto; text verso of folio 113); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Persian

Meeting of Mary and Elizabeth

Meeting of Mary and Elizabeth, 1471 - 1528

Albrecht Dürer

Repose in Egypt

Repose in Egypt, 1471 - 1528

Albrecht Dürer

Portrait of a man with dark brown hair, looking towards the viewer while wearing a suit and bowtie.

Self Portrait or Portrait of a Man, 1815 - 1879

Thomas Couture

A short prayer on the flyleaf (prayer recto; blank verso of folio 1) from a manuscript of The Prayer of Twelve Imams

A short prayer on the flyleaf (prayer recto; blank verso of folio 1) from a manuscript of The Prayer of Twelve Imams

Persian

Illuminated sarlawh (blank recto; sarlawh verso of folio 2) from a manuscript of The Prayer of Twelve Imams

Illuminated sarlawh (blank recto; sarlawh verso of folio 2) from a manuscript of The Prayer of Twelve Imams

Persian

Illuminated colophon and a prayer in a later hand (colophon recto; prayer verso of folio 17) from a manuscript of The Prayer of Twelve Imams

Illuminated colophon and a prayer in a later hand (colophon recto; prayer verso of folio 17) from a manuscript of The Prayer of Twelve Imams

Persian

The End of the Day

The End of the Day, 1780-1850

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓

Illustrated Manuscript of Dala'il al-Khayrat

Illustrated Manuscript of Dala'il al-Khayrat

Ottoman

Total Theater for Erwin Piscator, Berlin, 1927: Plan with film projection system

Total Theater for Erwin Piscator, Berlin, 1927: Plan with film projection system, 1883 - 1969

Walter Gropius

Manuscript of the Qur‘an, with lacquer binding

Manuscript of the Qur‘an, with lacquer binding

Persian

The Prisoners Bathing, illustration for Dostoyevsky's "The Convicts' Bath," in "Kunst und Künstler" (1913); verso: Issai Fomitsch with Full Voice Singing

The Prisoners Bathing, illustration for Dostoyevsky's "The Convicts' Bath," in "Kunst und Künstler" (1913); verso: Issai Fomitsch with Full Voice Singing, 1884 - 1950

Max Beckmann

Two Saints - Nikita and Elizabeth

Two Saints - Nikita and Elizabeth

Unidentified Artist

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