16th century public domain art
Artworks created between 1501 and 1600, drawn from every collection indexed here. Free to download, with colour palettes and print sizes measured from each file.
Works in 16th century public domain art
The pious man’s wife offers the seven-colored bird as food to her lover, but not finding its head, he breaks the pot and bowl in anger, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night
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The king gives his daughter in marriage to the pious man’s son, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night
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The pious man’s son, now a king, reveals himself to his father; his nurse upbraids his unfaithful mother, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night
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Landscape with a lotus pool, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
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Lovers on a Terrace: Ramakali Ragini of Hindol, from a Bundi Ragamala
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Paulownia Court from Album of Illustrations for the Tale of Genji
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Shell of the Locust from Album of Illustrations for the Tale of Genji
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Autumn Excursion from Album of Illustrations for the Tale of Genji
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Channel Buoys from Album of Illustrations for the Tale of Genji
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Wormwood Patch from Album of Illustrations for the Tale of Genji
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Butterflies from Album of Illustrations for the Tale of Genji
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Branch of Plum from Album of Illustrations for the Tale of Genji
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Trefoil Knots from Album of Illustrations for the Tale of Genji
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In order to falsely implicate her husband, Hamnaz places a knife by his side and lets the blood dripping from her nose stain his clothes, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fifth Night
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The prince, a son of the ruler of Sistan, enters the service of a snake, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-seventh Night
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The painting made by the vizier of the emperor of China for the queen of Rum, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-ninth Night
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The Raja’s daughter and her lover stoned to death for adultery, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-Second Night
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The four destitute friends go to a wise man who gives each one of them a magic shell to be placed on top of the turban, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-seventh Night
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The young man of Baghdad reunited with his slave-girl, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-eighth Night
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The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-ninth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-Ninth Night
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The Lover Leaves Wistfully in the Morning after a Passionate Tryst: Lalit Ragini, from a Ragamala
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Morning Glory from Album of Illustrations for the Tale of Genji
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Jeweled Chaplet from Album of Illustrations for the Tale of Genji
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First Warbler from Album of Illustrations for the Tale of Genji
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Fireflies from Album of Illustrations for the Tale of Genji
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Wild Carnation from Album of Illustrations for the Tale of Genji
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Evening Mist from Album of Illustrations for the Tale of Genji
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His Perfumed Highness from Album of Illustrations for the Tale of Genji
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Latif, who has murdered his brother, falsely accuses Khurshid of the deed, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night
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The third suitor, who is an archer, shoots the wicked fairy who has imprisoned Zuhra. He rides on a magic horse prepared by the second suitor and is led to the spot by the divining prowess of the first, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fourth Night
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Mahrusa’s marriage to the prefect of the city, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-sixth Night
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The snake, hidden in a basket of flowers, reveals himself to the Raja who has just sent away his wife, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-third Night
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The fourth man digs at the spot where he dropped the shell, expecting jewels, but discovering mere iron, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-seventh Night
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The young man of Baghdad solicits advice from a friend as his slave girl, who is adept at music, awaits, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-eighth Night
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The king’s emissary being provided with gifts for his mission to Rum in order to seek the hand of the emperor’s daughter in marriage, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fiftieth Night
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The merchant returns bringing a young slave who is really the son of the princess of Rum, now married to the king, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fiftieth Night
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The son of the pious man slays the dragon, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night
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The pious man’s son presents the slain dragon to the king, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night
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Falcon on a Perch
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Death of the Virgin
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Akrura Drives Krishna and Balarama to Mathura, from the “Isarda Bhagavata Purana”
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Portrait of Roberto Castiglione
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Returning Home
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A traveler persuades Lorik to return home (top); Chanda objects (bottom), from a Chandayana (Story of Chanda)
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European Costume Scene
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Page of disasters, from the Tarikh-i Alfi (History of a Thousand Years)
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Portable Triptych Icon: The Resurrection and Anastasis
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Portable Triptych Icon: Adoration of the Miracle-Working Icon of the Vladimir Mother of God
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Portrait of an Official
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Portable Triptych Icon: The Crucifixion
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Moonlit Landscape
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A prince visiting a holy man in a rocky landscape
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The Crucifixion: Miniature Excised from a Prayer Book
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Lovers parting, page from a book of fables
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Landscape with Motifs from the Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang
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Chinese Literatus Viewing a Valley
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Leaf from a Book of Hours: Adoration of the Magi (recto)
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A Mughal Prince, Perhaps Danyal, Holding a Sprig of Flowers
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Portable Triptych Icon
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Pietà
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