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Leaf from Album of Persian Calligraphy

This drawing, Walters manuscript leaf W.749, was executed in Safavid Iran, most probably in the late 10th century AH/AD 16th, in Qazvin or Isfahan. Above, a farmer plows; below, a seated young man watches a produce seller weigh his purchase. On the rocks in the center foreground is inscribed the name of one of the most famous painters in Iran in the 11th century AH/AD 17th, Riza 'Abbasi (active 1001-1044 AH/AD 1591-1592 to 1634). As the handwriting does not match that of the artist, an admirer of Riza's work seems to have attributed the drawing to him. The execution and the bucolic subject matter of this drawing relate closely to the oeuvre of the Persian artist Muhammadi Haravi (active late 10th century AH/AD 16th), who worked in Qazvin. It is possible that this composition was conceived as a manuscript page.

Young Woman Smoking a Huqqa

"Dancing Dervishes", Folio from a Divan of Hafiz

European Banquet Scene (or The Marriage Feast at Cana?)

This is the final illuminated page in the codex, Walters W.582. The last panel contains the colophon, written in Riqa' script, giving the name of the scribe as Habib Allah ibn Dust Muhammad al-Khwarizmi.

"Black Buck", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

This page from Walters manuscript W.674 bears 4 diplomas written within illuminated cartouches inscribed in ijazah script by the following master calligraphers: Yaziji zadah, Isma'il al-Zuhdi Katib al-Saray al-Sultani, Muhammad Hasib, and 'Ali al-Wasfi. The page is dated 1219 AH/AD 1804-1805.

This illuminated title page from Walters manuscript W.581 gives the title of the work, as well as the authors' names. There is also a statement referring to the patronage of the manuscript, indicating that it was made for the Mawlawi (Mevlevi) Library (bi-rasm al-Khizanah al-Karimah al-"Aliyah al-Mawlawiyah).

Portrait of a Ladakhi Mountain Goat

"The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)

This illustration from Walters manuscript W.644 depicts Zulaykha in a blue-domed litter on a camel led by a cameleer. The retinue is entering the capital of Egypt.

Walters manuscript W.619 is an illuminated manuscript containing 2 works by Sa"di (died 691 AH/AD 1292): the Gulistan (Rose garden) and the Bustan (Orchard). It was copied in 980 AH/AD 1572 by Muhammad Riza al-Tabrizi in Iran. The text of the Gulistan appears in the main area, while that of the Bustan is inscribed obliquely around the main text area on three sides. Both texts are written in black and gold nasta"liq script. The margins are multi-colored, gold-sprinkled tinted or marbled paper. The original leather binding dates to the 10th century AH/AD 16th and has dentelle-style decorated boards and doublures with gold filigree work over a multi-colored ground of blue, green, red, and black.

A Stallion

Portrait of Emperor Jahangir

An Old Sufi Laments His Lost Youth

Kichik Beg Wounded during Babur's Attack on Qalat, from a copy of the Baburnama (Book of Babur)

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

This folio from Walters manuscript W.580 is the left side of an illuminated double-page frontispiece of geometric design in gold, red, blue, and green, with a marginal rosette at the left.

The top and bottom panels of this illuminated finispiece from Walters manuscript W.578 are inscribed with the basmalah and hamdalah in white Thuluth script. The Qur'anic verses in the central panel are written in Square Kufic.

Vasant Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes)

A Virtuous Woman Placates the King by Plucking Out Her Eyes

Book on Navigation

Alexander the Great Enthroned at Persepolis

Rustam's seventh course: He kills the White Div, folio 124 from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020)

Grapevine in the Wind

Collection of Poems (Divan)

Walters manuscript W.620 has a brown leather blind-stamped binding with a flap. The binding is decorated with a central oval medallion and pendants. This binding is not original to the manuscript.

Peahen and hibiscus

Angel (Peri) Riding a Composite Camel

A Young Prince on Horseback

Four Portraits from the St. Petersburg Album. Painters unknown, borders by Muhammad Sadiq. Top left: Nadir Shah, Iran, ca. 1740. Top right: Adil Shah, Iran, ca. 1748. Bottom left: Unidentified nobleman, Mughal school, 18th century. Bottom right: Unidentified nobleman, Mughal school, 18th century. Art Institute of Chicago 1919.952 recto

Bahram Gur Arrives at the House of a Merchant, text page (recto); Bahram Gur Slays a Dragon (verso), from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025), known as the Great Mongol Shahnama

"The Funeral of Isfandiyar," Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Velvet Fragment with Design from Nizami of Ganja's Khusrau and Shirin

Textile

Ōtsu-e of a Youth Holding Irises (Yarō)

Abhisarika Nayika (Heroine Running to Meet her Lover)

This folio from Walters manuscript W.677 depicts Bahram Gur in a peasant's house.

A Disconsolate Lady on a Terrace with Attendants

Dragon in foliage with lion and phoenix heads

Maharana Amar Singh II with Ladies of the Zenana outside the Picture Hall at Rajnagar

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Tile Panel

Manuchehr Kills Tur, Manuscript from Shahnama

Zal Climbing to Rudaba, page from a copy of the Shahnama of Firdausi

Prince and Princess Hunting Blackbuck

Velvet and Silk Carpet

Heer Ranjha: Lady with Water Jug on her Head and Lady Holding out her Arms, Jodhpur school, India, c. mid-18th century, opaque watercolor on paper, Tokyo National Museum

Al-Mu'tazz Sends Gifts to Abdulla ibn Abdulla, from a copy of the Tarikh-i Alfi

Amir Khusrau Dedicates His Poem to Sultan Ala al-Din Khalji, page from the Quintet (Khamsa) of Amir Khusraw Dehlavi

A Messenger is Dispatched: Page from a Dispersed Manuscript

On this folio from Walters manuscript W.604, King Qizil Arslan welcomes the poet Nizami.

Pichhwai for the Festival of Cows

Silk Velvet Designed by 'Ghiyath'

Ruler Entertained by Dancers in a Paradise Garden

Woman Addressing a Peacock: Gujari Ragini of Megh, from a Ragamala

Birds and Flowers

Krishna's Fifth and Sixth Avatars, page from a copy of the Gitagovinda of Jayaveda

Autumn Evening with Full Moon on Musashino Plain

Walters manuscript W.620 has a brown leather blind-stamped binding with a flap. The binding is decorated with a central oval medallion and pendants. This binding is not original to the manuscript.

Fragment textiel

Peonies

The Greedy Dog

Carpet

A Procession Scene with Musicians, from a copy of the Padshanama

Chrysanthemums by the Water

Lakeside Retreat

Fragment van een muurschildering

Textile Fragment

The Flood of Noah (Genesis 7:11-24)

Beroemde blikken op de Oostelijke hoofdstad

Ragini Gaudi, Page from a Jaipur Ragamala Set

Leaf from Book of Hours

Chinese Bird on Snow-Laden Branch

Silk Animal Carpet

Monkey Hanging on to a Branch

Depicts Zen monk Huike (慧可) thinking. By painter Shi Ke (Chinese: 石恪), from Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period to Northern Song (about 10th century)

Ingelijste muurschildering voorstellende Xiwangmu en dienaressen

Heron on a Willow Branch

Carpet with Triple-Arch Design

Duck in Flight

The Wade Cup with Animated Script

Flowers and Birds in a Spring Landscape

Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary)

Irises

Returning Sails off a Distant Shore, from Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang

Charles II of Valois, duke of Orléans.

The Infant Krishna Spirited Away by Vasudev, from a copy of the Dispersed Bhagavat Purana

Birds and Flowers

Scholar admiring plum blossoms

Portrait of Prince Sur Singh Rathor of Bikaner (1594–1631)

Insects and Flowers, Ming dynasty, 14th-15th century, color on silk, Tokyo National Museum

The Four Seasons

Honderd gezichten op de berg Fuji - deel drie

Farmer Returning Home in Autumn

Fragment textiel

Twee textielfragmenten op een blad, borduursel en druk op zijde

Pradyumna and Samvara fight with maces, from the "Large Basohli Bhagavata Purana"