Nocturne in Black and Gold: Rag Shop, Chelsea, 1834 - 1903
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
The Flemish Blacksmith, 1791 - 1824
Théodore Géricault
The Arminian Decree: Farmer's Talk over the Arminian Decree, 1587 - 1652
Claes Jansz. Visscher
A Paraleytic Woman, 1791 - 1824
Théodore Géricault
Calliope Mourning Homer, 1748 - 1825
Circle of Jacques-Louis David
A Panorama of a Village; verso: Sketch of a building, 1697 - 1768
Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto
Fragment of Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Letter
Assyrian
Folio from a manuscript of the Nuzhatnama-i `Ala'i (The `Ala'i Book of Pleasure) by Shahmardan b. Abi 'l-Khayr Razi
Persian
Reminiscences
Jonas Mekas
The Man with the Broken Nose, 1840 - 1917
Auguste Rodin
Hercules and the Slain Hydra, 1520 - 1582
Giorgio Ghisi
Muto, non Ciecho Sçavoir = Vivre Masquerade, 1727 - 1815
Francesco Bartolozzi
Ono no Komachi from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Hyakunin isshu), 1725-1770
Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信
The Black Pavilion (painting, recto), Text (verso), illustrated folio (129) from a Manuscript of the Khamsa by Amir Khusraw of Delhi (d. 1325)
Persian
Procession (painting, verso), Text (recto), illustrated folio (210) from a Partial Manuscript of the Zafarnama by Sharaf al-Din `Ali Yazdi
Persian
Procession (painting, recto), Text (verso), illustrated folio (211) from a Partial Manuscript of the Zafarnama by Sharaf al-Din `Ali Yazdi
Persian
The left half of the double-page illuminated frontispiece (illumination recto; text verso of folio 3), frontispiece from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami
Persian
Shirin goes to Mount Bistun and meets Farhad (text recto; painting verso of folio 77), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizam
Persian
Khusraw, Shirin, Shapur and the girls telling stories (text recto; painting verso of folio 165), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami
Persian
Bahram Gur gains Ardashir’s quest of the crown (text recto; painting verso of folio 196), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami