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"Isfandiyar's Third Course: He Slays a Dragon", Folio from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935–1020)
Date: ca. 1530Accession Number: 1970.301.51
Tughra (Official Signature) of Sultan Süleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520–66)
Date: ca. 1555–60Accession Number: 38.149.2
"The Eavesdropper", Folio from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami
Maulana Azhar (d. 1475/76)
Date: ca. 1430Accession Number: 13.228.13.6
"Farhad Carves a Milk Channel for Shirin", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami
Nizami (Ilyas Abu Muhammad Nizam al-Din of Ganja) (probably 1141–1217)
Date: A.H. 931/A.D. 1524–25Accession Number: 13.228.7.5
Adoration of the Shepherds
Francesco di Marco Marmitta da Parma (Emilian, 1457–1505)
Date: ca. 1500Accession Number: 1975.1.2491
Holy Face
Gerard David (Netherlandish, Oudewater ca. 1455–1523 Bruges)
Date: ca. 1485–90Accession Number: 1975.1.2486
"The Feast of Sada", Folio from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Date: ca. 1525Accession Number: 1970.301.2
The Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry
Herman, Paul, and Jean de Limbourg (Franco-Netherlandish, active in France, by 1399–1416)
Date: 1405–1408/1409Accession Number: 54.1.1a, b
Self-portrait
Simon Bening (Netherlandish, Ghent (?) 1483/84–1561 Bruges)
Date: 1558Accession Number: 1975.1.2487
Date: ca. 1555–60Accession Number: 38.149.1
"Dancing Dervishes", Folio from a Divan of Hafiz
Painting attributed to Bihzad (ca. 1450–1535/36)
Date: ca. 1480Accession Number: 17.81.4
Dragon Wrapped around Saz Leaves
Date: ca. 1550–70Accession Number: 2000.424
'Saz'-style Drawing of a Dragon amid Foliage
Shah Quli (active 1520–66)
Date: ca. 1540–50Accession Number: 57.51.26
The Right Hand of God Protecting the Faithful against the Demons
Jean Fouquet (French, Tours ca. 1425–ca. 1478 Tours)
Date: ca. 1452–1460Accession Number: 1975.1.2490
"Khusrau Hunting", Folio from Khusrau and Shirin
Hatifi
Date: dated A.H. 904/A.D. 1498–99Accession Number: 69.27
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