Figure with Hands Clasped before Face (Study for "Trinity" or "Grief")

The composition of this portrait study was first outlined in pencil and then blocked out with fields of watercolor, as is evidenced in the sitter’s chair. Next, the artist added op...

Ivory figure of crucified Christ. Hands and feet are pierced, and nails are in place to affix the sculpture to a vertical surface. A deep groove is present at the top of the figure...

This painting dramatically represents a young woman about to commit sati, or self-immolation. The literary subject of a woman’s sacrificing herself on the funeral pyre of her dead ...

Three standing Buddhist devotees facing proper right. The leading figure holds a long-handled censer, the other two holding lotus buds on long stalks between clasped hands. Low san...

The painting depicts a type of purification ceremony for a male youth, possibly a prince. He sits in a white, square basin while a male figure adds water to the inside of the struc...

Obverse: female figure wearing wreath and breast plate with mask, cloak over p.l. shoulder, holding spear in p.l. hand; her p.r. hand rests on an oval shield depicting clasped han...

The inscription identifies the figure as Mulla Abd al-Qadir. He is shown in profile seated with his legs folded underneath him and with his hands clasped together on his lap. Al-Qa...