Angel Seated on Clouds Playing a Harp; verso: Seated Nude Turned One-Quarter Left

Sketchbook with black-leather-covered cardboard covers. Sewn page block. Pages of white wove paper, each 34.7 x 27.1 cm. Pages numbered at l.l. of verso in graphite. Drawings i...

Sketchbook with black-leather-covered cardboard covers. Sewn page block; pages of off-white wove paper, each 27.2 x 20.8 cm. Drawings made in graphite and in vertical orientation...

Sketchbook with blue-and-white marbled cardboard covers. Black fabric tape at spine. Sewn page block; sheets perforated for removal. Pages of off-white wove paper, each 36.7 x 2...

On one side, two nude women, both wearing headdresses and adorned with earrings and necklaces are chased by two men nude men. The woman on the right holds a wine cup (skyphos) in h...

Side A: In the center, a woman clad in a black-bordered mantle which leaves the upper part of her breast and right arm bare. Hovering over her left shoulder a nude winged Eros exte...

This single detached folio comes from a copy of the Khamsa of Nizami, the 12th century Iranian poet. The Khamsa is a popular and often illustrated text, especially in the 15th and ...

Standing male youth, nude, with a cloak draped over his shoulders and arms, covering his right arm completely and leaving his left forearm uncovered. The figure stands on a rec...

This manuscript of Jami’s Yusuf and Zulaykha retains its decorated binding, double illuminated frontispiece, and five illustrations. The text is copied in nasta`liq in two columns ...