Paintings
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Symbolic Head
Laban Searching for His Stolen Household Gods
Rocky, Wooded Landscape with a Dell and Weir
A Bearded Man Wearing a Hat
The Annunciation
Shamsa (sunburst) with portrait of Aurangzeb (1618–1707), from the Emperor's Album (the Kevorkian Album)
Posthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719–1748) holding a falcon (recto); Calligraphy (verso)
Scrolling Floral Vines (verso)
A blindfolded suitor is brought before a princess; verso: scrolling floral vines
Posthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719–1748) holding a falcon (recto)
Zulaykha in her palace and as an old woman with Joseph, from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492); verso from a Panj Ganj of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), with two masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha…
Zulaykha in her palace and as an elderly woman with Joseph (recto), from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al- Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492)
Portrait of Suraj Singh Rathor, Raja of Marwar and Maternal Uncle of Shah Jahan: A Page from the Prince Khurram Album
Isfandiyar slays Arjasp, the king of Turan, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020)
A Mounted Prince Hunting Lion in a Rocky Landscape
Akbar supervising the capture of wild elephants at Malwa in 1564, painting 90 from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian 1551–1602)
Akbar supervising the capture of wild elephants at Malwa in 1564, painting 90 from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian 1551–1602)
Yaja and Upayaja perform a sacrifice for the emergence of Dhrishtadyumna from the fire, from Adi-parva (volume one) of the Razm-nama (Book of Wars) adapted and translated into Persian by Mir Ghiyath al-Din Ali Qazvini, known as Naqib Khan…
Hulagu Khan giving a feast and dispensing favor upon the amirs and princes, from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles)
Ghatotkacha and three demons in his company chase Bhagadatta, from Bhishma-parva (volume six) of a Razm-nama (Book of Wars) adapted from the Sanskrit Mahabharata and translated into Persian by Mir Ghiyath al-Din Ali Qazvini, known as…
Portrait of Raja Jagat Singh of Nurpur (reigned 1618–46)
Nur Jahan holding a portrait of Emperor Jahangir
Portrait of Murad Bakhsh (1624–61)
Women enjoying the river at the forest’s edge (recto) and flowering marigold (verso)
Women Enjoying the River at the Forest’s Edge (recto)
Flowering Marigold (verso)
A night scene of Shiva puja (recto); Calligraphy (verso)
Calligraphy from a ghazal of Fakhr al-Din Iraqi (Persian, 1213–1289) and a verse from the Tuhfat al-ahrar (The Gift of the Free) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (verso)
Court lady singing and playing the vina (recto)
Court lady singing and playing the vina
Court Lady Pouring Wine (recto)
A Night Scene of Shiva Puja (recto)
Rocks, Orchid, and Bamboo
Landscape after Jing Hao and Guan Tong
Music and Dance and Cupids in Conspiracy
Music and Dance
Wall Panels: The Gardener, Horticulture, The Vineyard, The See-Saw, The Swing
The Gardener
Portrait of a Woman
Cupids in Conspiracy
Nine Songs
Woman Ironing
Portrait of An Qi
An October Day in the White Mountains
Lily and Butterflies
Clouds Visiting a Mountain Retreat
Portrait of George Pitt, First Baron Rivers
Apple Blossoms