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Persian Miniature Paintings

Intricate miniatures illustrating historical narratives, depicting regal scenes and traditional stories in rich colors and fine details.

Prince Siyavush is shown for the first time to his father, Kay-Kavus, king of Iran. The king is seated on a throne in a rocky landscape. Two servants are at his side, one of them waves the king coolly, the other holds the shield and weapons, Siyavush meets his father for the first time., draughtsman: anonymous, Noord-India, 1540 - 1560, paper, brush, h 215 mm × w 180 mm, h 270 mm × w 185 mm
Prince Siyavush is shown for the first time to his father, Kay-Kavus, king of Iran. The king is seated on a throne in a rocky landscape. Two servants are at his side, one of them waves the king coolly, the other holds the shield and weapons, Siyavush meets his father for the first time., draughtsman: anonymous, Noord-India, 1540 - 1560, paper, brush, h 215 mm × w 180 mm, h 270 mm × w 185 mm
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Single leaf from a 15th-century Persian manuscript ,. Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts (Collection of Distinction)
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Kartiny iz Biblii i Apokalipsisa, raboty mastera Korenia.. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian
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German 15th Century, The Pietà, 1485 1490 The Pietà
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Shamsa Medallion 1499-1699 Iran. Opaque watercolor, gold, and black ink inlaid on laid paper . Islamic
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"Bahram Gur at the Home of Baraham the Jew," Page from an Illustrated Manuscript of the Second Small Shahnama of Firdawsi (d. 1020) "Bahram Gur at the Home of Baraham the Jew," Page from an Illustrated Manuscript of the Second Small Shahnama of Firdawsi (d. 1020), ca. 1300. Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper, 6 5/8 x 5 1/4in. (16.8 x 13.3cm). The Shahnama (Book of Kings) is the Iranian national epic, stemming from oral tradition and put to verse circa 1000 by the poet Abu'l Qasim Firdawsi of Tus. It describes the legendary lives of the kings of Iran from creation to the Arab conquest of the country between the 630s and the 650s. Over the centuries that followed its composition, the tales of the Shahnama had become widely popular; by the early fourteenth century, Shahnama manuscripts had become one of the principal vehicles for Persian painting. This illustrated page belongs to one of the earliest surviving illustrated Shahnamas. It depicts an episode in the princely cycle relat
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Flower and leaf. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1300 - 1400. Place: Persia. Measurements: h 295 mm × w 201 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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"Ali and Omar on the Battlefield," Folio from a Hamla-yi Haidari ca. 1820 Muhammad Rafi Khan. "Ali and Omar on the Battlefield," Folio from a Hamla-yi Haidari. ca. 1820. Translucent and opaque watercolor, ink, gold, and silver on paper. From India, probably Hyderabad. Codices
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Portrait of a scribe at work, artist unknown. Perhaps intended as a portrait of Sayyid Husayn Yazdi, the scribe of the treatise on wonders of the world comprising the volume. It was painted in Iran sometime before 1546 (953 H), when a large owner's stamp was placed below the painting. Figural imagery does not normally appear in a religious context, but there was a vigorous tradition of figural representation in other contexts, particularly that of science and medicine. Many of the Arabic versions of Dioscorides preserved today are testimony to a continuing and flourishing tradition of scientific illustration. Several profusely illustrated copies were produced, for example, in Baghdad in the 13th century, one of which is notable for its scenes of people gathering and preparing medicaments. Human anatomy was also a topic to receive the attention of illustrators.
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Emperor Ludwik IV Bavarski in a representative outfit and two men in costumes from around 1325; Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884); 1830-1884 (1830-00-00-1884-00-00);Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884) - collections, Lesser, Wiktor Stanisław Zygmunt (Baron - 1853-1935), Lesser, Wiktor Stanisław Zygmunt (Baron - 1853-1935) - collection, Ludwik IV. (Roman-German emperor-1287-1347), Ludwik IV (Roman-German emperor-1287-1347)-iconography, Germany, XIV century, scepter, emperors, gift (provenance), coats of arms, insignia, crowns, imperial crowns, imperial crowns, personalities, foreign personalities
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Hungarian king Gyula sitting on the throne, according to illustration from the "Chronica Hungarorum" by Johannes Thurocz (János Thuroczi) published in Augsburg in 1488. Thurocz, Johannes de (ca 1435-inter 1488 et 1489), historian, Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), draughtsman, cartoonist, Ratdolt, Erhard (1447-1527), printer
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Execution Scene, Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings). India (), circa 1475. Drawings; watercolors. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
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Drawing, Man with puppet; Harriet Blackstone (American, 1864 - 1939); USA; brush and watercolor, graphite on paper; 30 × 22.5 cm (11 13/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
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Miniature Painting Miniature Painting, 19th century. Ink on paper, Writing: 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (14.6 x 9.5 cm). Arts of the Islamic World 19th century
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LIBRO DE LOS CABALLEROS DE LA ORDEN DE SANTIAGO - 1361 - FOLIO 41 V - FERNANDEZ - GARCIA - GARCIA DE. Location: ARCHIVO MUNICIPAL. BURGOS. SPAIN. FERNANDEZ PERO. GARCIA FRANCISCO. GARCIA DE FRIAS.
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Heidoru (St. Petersberg), Capital of Russia, from the series Famous Places from All Nations (Bankoku meisho zukushi - Oroshiya miyako heidoru). Artist: Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active ca. 1850-80). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image (a): 14 5/8 x 10 in. (37.1 x 25.4 cm)Image (b): 14 5/8 x 9 7/8 in. (37.1 x 25.1 cm)Image (c): 14 1/2 x 10 in. (36.8 x 25.4 cm). Date: 2nd month, 1865. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Eralash s moloditsei.. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian
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Marva Ragini Malkosa Indian. Marva Ragini Malkosa, ca. 1725. Ink and color on paper, sheet: 7 x 4 3/4 in. (17.8 x 12.1 cm). Asian Art ca. 1725
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Attack on Vienna, Austria, 27 September 1529 by army of Suleiman the Magnificent , 1588 Ottoman manuscript Hunername, vol II devoted to military campaigns of Suleiman the Magnificent, 1494-1566 Ottoman sultan, by Loqman
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Radha Apprehending Krishna. India, Himachal Pradesh, Nurpur, circa 1775. Drawings; watercolors. Opaque watercolor and ink on paper
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Building a palace, miniature by Kamal ud-Din Behzad, Arabic art.
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Demolition of the triumphant on June 9, 1613 TAF. N. P. 164: Description of the Zeze: Recommendation Deß Knights Order: Volume of Heyrath: VND Happy home: as well as the considerable introduction: Held knight's game VND Frewdenfests: of the ... Mr. ... Friedichen deß Fifth / Pfaltzgraven Bey Rhein ... with the ... Princessin / Elisabethen ... / with beautiful Kupf fucks drawn / Description of the zip: Recommend as chivalrous Order: Volume of Heyrath: and Happy home: as well as the Sandable introduction: Held knight's game and Feedenfests: of the ... Mr. ... Friedichen deß Fifth / Pfaltzgraven Bey Rhein ... with the ... Princessin / Elisabethen ... 1613. Dresden: Slub hist.rhen.inf.161
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Bakst, Leon (1866-1924) State Art Museum, Odessa 1902 28,5x21,5 Watercolour, ink, white and gold colours on paper
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Kalaka Converts Bricks to Gold (recto); Destruction of the She-Ass (verso). India, Gujarat, circa 1450. Manuscripts. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
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"Kalila Visits the Imprisoned Dimna", Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna. Dimensions: 12.5 in. high 8.87 in. wide (31.8 cm high 22.6 cm wide). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Illustration depicting Pisces, Cetus, and Orion, from 1538 edition, of 'Kitb-I ajyb al-makhlqt va gharib al-mawjdt'. (Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing) a 12th century, Islamic, Persian scientific book by Zakary ibn Muammad Qazwn
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Kedara Ragini, c. 1660-1670. Central India, Malwa school, 17th century. Color on paper; image: 19.5 x 13.6 cm (7 11/16 x 5 3/8 in.); sheet with border: 20.4 x 14.8 cm (8 1/16 x 5 13/16 in.).
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Hilyeh. Gouache heightened with gold on dark buff paper. Turkey, AH 1372/1952-3 AD. 96.5 x 70cm.
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Kartiny iz Biblii i Apokalipsisa, raboty mastera Korenia.. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian
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Early Morning James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903). Early Morning, 1878. Lithograph (lithotint) on cream, moderately thick, smooth paper, Sheet: 6 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. (17.1 x 26 cm). James McNeill Whistler credited Japanese art with having a profound impact on his own artistic activities, which included painting, printmaking, and interior decoration. Indeed, the Japanese cultivation of beauty in all aspects of material life informed his own art for art’s sake” philosophy. This sensibility led Whistler to shift from naturalistic representation in his pictures toward more abstract, evocative arrangements of color and form in the late 1860s. In this image of London’s Battersea district across the Thames, the asymmetrical composition and emphasis on the misty atmospheric effects of early light both reveals the artist’s debt to Japanese art and transforms the urban industrial landscape into a thing of poetic beauty. American Art 1878
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'Aziyadé', c1879. Artist: Louis Marie Julien Viaud
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Scene with rez Feed; around 1908 (1903-00-00-1912-00-00);Semerau-Siemianowski, Władysław (1849-1938), Semerau-Siemianowski, Władysław (1849-1938)-collection, gift (provenance), occasional prints, Islamic art, Turkish art, leaflets