Curator

  • Art Institute Chicago
  • Harvard art museum
  • My Exhibition
Text folio with an illuminated sarlawh (blank recto; text verso of folio 3), from a manuscript of the Tarjuma-yi Qutub Shahi by Shaykh Baha’i

Text folio with an illuminated sarlawh (blank recto; text verso of folio 3), from a manuscript of the Tarjuma-yi Qutub Shahi by Shaykh Baha’i

Persian

Untitled (flowers and text on top of bleed-through from previous page, left page); Untitled (blacked out text and hibiscus, right page)

Untitled (flowers and text on top of bleed-through from previous page, left page); Untitled (blacked out text and hibiscus, right page), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Man in friar’s habit with meat cleaver in skull

Friar Angelo Ferretti as Saint Peter Martyr, 1480 - 1556/1557

Lorenzo Lotto

A male and female standing figure both look left at a large face in the moon.

The Woman in the Moon, 1872 - 1898

Aubrey Vincent Beardsley

A Female Figure Leaning Forward and a Figure of a Kneeling Man

A Female Figure Leaning Forward and a Figure of a Kneeling Man, 1457 - 1504

Filippino Lippi

Cleopatra (after Baccio Bandinelli)

Cleopatra (after Baccio Bandinelli), 1503 - 1572

Agnolo Bronzino

An opaque watercolor painting depicting a seated figure blowing into a small, thin instrument with eight grey and white snakes slithering nearby. Behind them is a rocky landscape with trees. There is script writing above the image

Asavari Ragini (painting, recto; text, verso), from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Jai Kisan of Malpura

The Story of Rustam and Bahman (text, recto and verso), folio from the Shahnama of Firdawsi

The Story of Rustam and Bahman (text, recto and verso), folio from the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Persian

The Story of Rustam and Bahman (text, recto and verso), folio from the Shahnama of Firdawsi

The Story of Rustam and Bahman (text, recto and verso), folio from the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Persian

Folio 209 (text, recto and verso), from a manuscript of the Divan (Collection of Works) of Anvari

Folio 209 (text, recto and verso), from a manuscript of the Divan (Collection of Works) of Anvari

Indian

An ink and opaque watercolor painting of a standing woman on a landscape background with writing above her head and framed by the blank tan page. She wears a long gown that is purple and blue on top and white at the bottom. She wears a large white hat with many details on it.

Russian Woman (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Zenanname

Ottoman

Folio 313 (text, recto and verso), from a manuscript of the Divan (Collection of Works) of Anvari

Folio 313 (text, recto and verso), from a manuscript of the Divan (Collection of Works) of Anvari

Indian

Frontispiece (verso), Text (recto), illuminated folio from a Manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Hamdi

Frontispiece (verso), Text (recto), illuminated folio from a Manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Hamdi

Ottoman

Text (recto and verso), folio 123 from an illustrated manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Hamdi

Text (recto and verso), folio 123 from an illustrated manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Hamdi

Ottoman

Text (recto and verso), folio 50 from a Manuscript of Yusuf va Zulaykha by Jami

Text (recto and verso), folio 50 from a Manuscript of Yusuf va Zulaykha by Jami

Scribe: Shah Mahmud

One of Four Sheets of Paper inscribed with Religious Texts, Poems, Charms [mounted on a board]

One of Four Sheets of Paper inscribed with Religious Texts, Poems, Charms [mounted on a board]

Japanese

One of Four Sheets of Paper inscribed with Religious Texts, Poems, Charms [mounted on a board]

One of Four Sheets of Paper inscribed with Religious Texts, Poems, Charms [mounted on a board]

Japanese

One of Four Sheets of Paper inscribed with Religious Texts, Poems, Charms [mounted on a board]

One of Four Sheets of Paper inscribed with Religious Texts, Poems, Charms [mounted on a board]

Japanese

One of Four Sheets of Paper inscribed with Religious Texts, Poems, Charms [mounted on a board]

One of Four Sheets of Paper inscribed with Religious Texts, Poems, Charms [mounted on a board]

Japanese

One of Seven Sheets of Paper inscribed with Religious Texts, Poems, Charms [mounted on a board]

One of Seven Sheets of Paper inscribed with Religious Texts, Poems, Charms [mounted on a board]

Japanese

<<<72737475 >>>