The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Open-access works from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, indexed with computed colour palettes and print sizes.
Works in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
"A Ruffian Spares the Life of a Poor Man", Folio 4v from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Farid al-Din `Attar
"Shaikh San'an and the Christian Maiden", Folio 22v from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Farid al-Din `Attar
"Iskandar Kills the Habash Monster", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
"How Rustam Found a Spring", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
"Rakhsh Kills a Lion while Rustam is Asleep", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
"Zahhak is Told His Fate", Folio 29v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Sultan Muhammad
"Rustam's Fourth Course, He Cleaves a Witch", Folio 120v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Qadimi
"The Wedding of Siyavush and Farangis", Folio 185v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Qasim ibn 'Ali
"The Besotted Iranian Camp Attacked by Night", Folio 241r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Qadimi
"The Tenth Joust of the Rooks: Barta versus Kuhram," Folio 345r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Bashdan Qara
"The Final Joust of the Rooks: Gudarz Versus Piran", Folio 346r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Qasim ibn 'Ali
"The Coronation of the Infant Shapur II", Folio 538r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Muzaffar 'Ali
"Bahram Gur Pins the Coupling Onagers", Folio 568r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Mir Sayyid 'Ali
"Bahram Gur Advances by Stealth against the Khaqan," Folio 577v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Bashdan Qara
"The Khaqan Captive Before Bahram Gur", Folio 578r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Qasim ibn 'Ali
"Yazdigird II Accedes to the Throne", Folio 592r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Bashdan Qara
"The Angel Surush Rescues Khusrau Parviz from a Cul-de-sac", Folio 708v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
"Rustam Captures the Shah of Sham and the Shah of Berber", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
"Caesar Gives his Daughter Katayun to Gushtasp", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
"Gushtasp Slays the Rhino-Wolf", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
"Iskandar in the Presence of the Brahmins", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
"Husayn at the Bedside of the Dying Hasan", Folio from a Hadiqat al-Su'ada of Fuzuli (Garden of the Blessed)
Fuzuli
Divan of Sultan Husayn Baiqara
Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi
Album of Calligraphies Including Poetry and Prophetic Traditions (Hadith)
Shaikh Hamdullah ibn Mustafa Dede
Study of a Bird
Riza-yi 'Abbasi
Nan va Halva (Breads and Sweets)
Muhammad Baha' al-Din al-'Amili
Folio from the "Qur'an of `Umar Aqta'
`Umar Aqta'
Section from the "Qur'an of `Umar Aqta'
`Umar Aqta'
Section from a Qur'an Manuscript
`Umar Aqta'
Book of Prayers, Surat al-Yasin and Surat al-Fath
Ahmad Nairizi
The Emperor Aurangzeb Carried on a Palanquin
Bhavanidas
"Spotted Forktail", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album
Abu'l Hasan
Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Nizami
Illuminated Opening Page Titled Laila and Majnun from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Ja'far Baisunghuri
"Laila and Majnun at School", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Ja'far Baisunghuri
"Bahram Gur on the Chase", Folio 10r from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Nizami
"Bahram Gur's Skill with the Bow", Folio 17v from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Nizami
"Bahram Gur and the Indian Princess in the Dark Palace on Saturday", Folio 23v from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Maulana Azhar
"How a Braggart was Drowned in a Well", Folio 33v from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Maulana Azhar
Futuh al-Haramayn (Description of the Holy Cities)
Muhi al-Din Lari
Dancers in Ukrainian Dress
Edgar Degas
Saint John the Baptist
Innocenzo da Imola (Innocenzo Francucci)
A Magnificent Pavilion by the Lagoon (recto); The Grand Canal, with the Rialto Bridge from the South (verso)
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)
Imaginary Landscape
Monogrammist AM
Head of a Bearded Man Wearing a Turban (recto); Latin script (verso)
Master of the Death of Absalom (?)
View of Lateran, Rome
Lievin Cruyl
View of the Pantheon, Rome
Lievin Cruyl
Landscape with the Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)
Landscape with Sheep
Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)
Trees
Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)
Les fêtes vénitiennes
Gabriel de Saint-Aubin
The Madonna and Child with a Female Martyr Saint, a Bishop Saint, and a Female Donor
Stefano da Verona (Stefano di Giovanni d'Arbosio di Francia)
A Man Asleep Alongside a Dog and a Horse
Stefano da Verona (Stefano di Giovanni d'Arbosio di Francia)
A Warrior on Horseback
The Veneto
A Gazelle in Profile, Moving Toward the Right
Michelino da Besozzo (Michelino de Mulinari)
The Descent into Limbo
Andrea Mantegna
Vulcan Building a Fence Around the Mount of Venus
Giovanni Bellini
Madonna and Child with Saint John the Evangelist
Andrea da Murano
Study of Two Bovine Animals
The Veneto