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Shirin looks at the portrait of Khusraw (text recto; painting verso of folio 46), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizam

Shirin looks at the portrait of Khusraw (text recto; painting verso of folio 46), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizam

Persian

Battle of Khusraw and Bahram Chubin (text recto; painting verso of folio 62), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizam

Battle of Khusraw and Bahram Chubin (text recto; painting verso of folio 62), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizam

Persian

Khusraw comes to Shirin’s palace (text recto; painting verso of folio 87), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Khusraw comes to Shirin’s palace (text recto; painting verso of folio 87), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Persian

Khusraw and Shirin making love (text recto; painting verso of folio 104), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Khusraw and Shirin making love (text recto; painting verso of folio 104), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Persian

Majnun Watches the Battle of the Clans (text verso; painting recto of folio 161), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Majnun Watches the Battle of the Clans (text verso; painting recto of folio 161), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Persian

Iskandar lassoing the Russian demon (text recto; painting verso of folio 163), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Iskandar lassoing the Russian demon (text recto; painting verso of folio 163), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Persian

Iskandar watching bathing maidens (text recto; painting verso of folio 164), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Iskandar watching bathing maidens (text recto; painting verso of folio 164), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Persian

Illuminated sarlawh of Haft Paykar (text recto; illumination verso of folio 181) sarlawh from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Illuminated sarlawh of Haft Paykar (text recto; illumination verso of folio 181) sarlawh from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Persian

Battle between Iskandar and Dara (text verso; painting recto of folio 262), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Battle between Iskandar and Dara (text verso; painting recto of folio 262), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Persian

Iskandar comforting the dying Dara (text recto; painting verso of folio 276), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Iskandar comforting the dying Dara (text recto; painting verso of folio 276), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Persian

Khaqan of Chin invites Iskandar (text recto; painting verso of folio 313), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Khaqan of Chin invites Iskandar (text recto; painting verso of folio 313), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Persian

The Prophet’s Mosque at Medina (painting recto, text verso of folio 19) from a manuscript of prayer

The Prophet’s Mosque at Medina (painting recto, text verso of folio 19) from a manuscript of prayer

Ottoman

Illuminated sarlawh (text recto, illuminated sarlawh verso of folio 20) from a manuscript of prayer

Illuminated sarlawh (text recto, illuminated sarlawh verso of folio 20) from a manuscript of prayer

Ottoman

Illuminated colophon (text recto, blank page verso of folio 102) from a manuscript of prayers

Illuminated colophon (text recto, blank page verso of folio 102) from a manuscript of prayers

Ottoman

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page and arrow, left page); Untitled (text, right page)

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page and arrow, left page); Untitled (text, right page), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page with text, left page); Untitled (landscape, right page)

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page with text, left page); Untitled (landscape, right page), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Head of an Old Man Turned Three-Quarters Right

Head of an Old Man Turned Three-Quarters Right, 1486 - 1551

Domenico Beccafumi

A woman in loose flowing robes plays a lyre beside the body of a deceased man

Calliope Mourning Homer, 1748 - 1825

Circle of Jacques-Louis David

The Barge

The Barge, 1859 - 1891

Georges Pierre Seurat

Hugo Grünthal (b. 1869)

Hugo Grünthal (b. 1869), 1874 - 1950

Georges Morin

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