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Hunting with falcons in a landscape; verso: Calligraphy of Chaghatai Turkish poems in praise of wine, Sultan Muhammad Nur (Persian, c. 1472–1536) and Mirza Muhammad (probably Persian, active c. 1520s)
Abd al-Samad
Hunting with falcons in a landscape (recto)
Abd al-Samad
Calligraphy of Chaghatai Turkish Poems in Praise of Wine (verso)
Mirza Muhammad
Portrait of a kneeling holy man, from the Prince Salim Album
Mir Sayyid Ali
A mendicant bowing before a holy man, from the Prince Salim Album
Basavana
A holy man prostrating himself before a learned prince
Manohar
A feast for Babur hosted by his half-brother Jahangir Mirza in Ghazni in May 1505, from a Babur-nama (Memoirs of Babur)
Basavana
Hulagu Khan giving a feast and dispensing favor upon the amirs and princes, from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles)
Lal
Yaja and Upayaja perform a sacrifice for the emergence of Dhrishtadyumna from the fire, from Adi-parva (volume one) of the Razm-nama (Book of Wars) adapted and translated into Persian by Mir Ghiyath al-Din Ali Qazvini, known as Naqib Khan (Persian, d. 1614) from the Sanskrit Mahabharata
Bilal Habshi
Akbar supervising the capture of wild elephants at Malwa in 1564, painting 90 from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian 1551–1602)
Farukh Chela
A Mounted Prince Hunting Lion in a Rocky Landscape
Khem Karan
Portrait of Suraj Singh Rathor, Raja of Marwar and Maternal Uncle of Shah Jahan: A Page from the Prince Khurram Album
Bishandas
Isfandiyar slays Arjasp, the king of Turan, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020)
Haidar Kashmiri
Folios A and B from the "Five Treasures" (Panj Ganj) of Jami
Mushfiq
Zulaykha in her palace and as an old woman with Joseph, from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492); verso from a Panj Ganj of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), with two masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Khirad-nama-i Iskandari (Alexander’s Book of Wisdom)
Mushfiq
Zulaykha in her palace and as an elderly woman with Joseph (recto), from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al- Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492)
Mushfiq
Illuminated page (verso), from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al- Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492) with two Persian masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Khirad-nama-i Iskandari (Alexander’s Book of Wisdom)
Mushfiq
Folio B: Folio from the "Five Treasures" (Panj Ganj) of Jami (recto)
Mushfiq
Page from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), with two Persian masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Subhat al-abrar (Rosary of the Righteous) (verso)
Mushfiq
An Ambassador before Humayun
Miskin
Ghatotkacha and three demons in his company chase Bhagadatta, from Bhishma-parva (volume six) of a Razm-nama (Book of Wars) adapted from the Sanskrit Mahabharata and translated into Persian by Mir Ghiyath al-Din Ali Qazvini, known as Naqib Khan (Persian, d. 1614)
Fazl
A charioteer riding through a rocky landscape with an entourage of footmen and musicians, page from a Razm-nama (Book of Wars) adapted from the Sanskrit Mahabharata and translated into Persian by Mir Ghiyath al-Din Ali Qazvini, known as Naqib Khan (Persian, d. 1614)
Yusuf Ali
A Courtier, Possibly Khan Alam, Holding a Spinel and a Deccan Sword
Govardhan
Portrait of Raja Jagat Singh of Nurpur (reigned 1618–46)
Bichitr
Nur Jahan holding a portrait of Emperor Jahangir
Bishandas
Portrait of Murad Bakhsh (1624–61)
Balchand
Shah Jahan holding a spinel and a long Deccan sword, from the Late Shah Jahan Album
Hashim
Shamsa (sunburst) with portrait of Aurangzeb (1618–1707), from the Emperor's Album (the Kevorkian Album)
Bichitr
Jesus among the doctors in the Temple
Mir Kalan Khan
Posthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719–1748) holding a falcon (recto); Calligraphy (verso)
Muhammad Rizavi Hindi
Calligraphic exercises and verses of Hafiz (Persian, about 1325–1389) (verso)
Mahmud ibn Ishaq al-Shahabi
Court Lady Pouring Wine (recto)
Muhammad Rizavi Hindi
Court lady singing and playing the vina
Muhammad Rizavi Hindi
Calligraphy from a ghazal of Fakhr al-Din Iraqi (Persian, 1213–1289) and a verse from the Tuhfat al-ahrar (The Gift of the Free) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (verso)
Muhammad Rizavi Hindi
A night scene of Shiva puja (recto); Calligraphy (verso)
Muhammad Rizavi Hindi
A Night Scene of Shiva Puja (recto)
Muhammad Rizavi Hindi
Calligraphy (verso)
Ahmad al-Husaini
Women enjoying the river at the forest’s edge (recto) and flowering marigold (verso)
Hunhar II
Women Enjoying the River at the Forest’s Edge (recto)
Hunhar II
Flowering Marigold (verso)
Hunhar II
Bacchus and Ariadne
Henry Bone
The Furnace
Carl Gaertner
Portrait of Ezra Davenport
Clarence Holbrook Carter
Perseus's Last Duty
Max Beckmann
Vale of Kashmir
Robert S. Duncanson
Leaf from a Book of Hours: Sts. Geneviève, Catherine of Alexandria, and Margaret (recto) and Text (verso)
Boucicaut Master
Leaf from a Book of Hours: Text (verso)
Boucicaut Master
Leaf from a Book of Hours: Annunciation to the Shepherds (recto) and Text (verso)
Boethius Illuminator
Leaf from a Book of Hours: Annunciation to the Shepherds (recto)
Boethius Illuminator
Leaf from a Book of Hours: Text (verso)
Boethius Illuminator
The Life of Buckingham
Augustus Leopold Egg
Beauty with Fireflies
Kubo Shunman
Symbols of Longevity: Deer under Peach and Pine
Toda Tadanaka
Symbols of Longevity: Deer under Peach and Pine (Pine) (right)
Toda Tadanaka
Symbols of Longevity: Deer under Peach and Pine (Peach) (left)
Toda Tadanaka
My First View of the Congo Forest
Paul B. Travis
Nine-Dragon Falls
Han Unpyeong
White Flower
Georgia O'Keeffe
Autumn, a Wood Path
Sanford Robinson Gifford
Mount Starr King, Yosemite
Albert Bierstadt