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

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.

"Dancing Dervishes", Folio from a Divan of Hafiz

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

A Stallion

Portrait of Emperor Jahangir

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

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

Leaf from Album of Persian Calligraphy

Ragini Gaudi, Page from a Jaipur Ragamala Set

"Black Buck", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

On this folio from Walters manuscript W.653, a middle-aged woman stands in a landscape, holding a vase of flowers. The salmon pink margins are stenciled with animal and floral forms. The catchword at the lower left indicates that the following folio is missing.

A Disconsolate Lady on a Terrace with Attendants

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

Alexander the Great Enthroned at Persepolis

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

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

A Messenger is Dispatched: Page from a Dispersed Manuscript

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

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

Krishna Fluting

Abhisarika Nayika (Heroine Running to Meet her Lover)

Prince and Princess Hunting Blackbuck

Angel (Peri) Riding a Composite Camel

Portrait of a Ladakhi Mountain Goat

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

Ruler Entertained by Dancers in a Paradise Garden

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

Khambavati Ragini: Page from a Dispersed Ragamala Series (Garland of Musical Modes)

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.

Maharana Bhim Singh in Procession

Tile Panel

An Old Sufi Laments His Lost Youth

Silk Animal Carpet

The Young Emperor Akbar Arrests the Insolent Shah Abu’l-Maali, Page from a Manuscript of the Akbarnama

A Virtuous Woman Placates the King by Plucking Out Her Eyes

Collection of Poems (Divan)

Krishna and Radha in a Pavilion, from a copy of the Seven Hundred Verses (Sat Sai) of Bihari

Silk Kashan Carpet

Velvet and Silk Carpet

Canopy with Dragon among Flowers

Garden Gathering

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.

Carpet

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

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.

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

Carpet with Triple-Arch Design

Green Tara

Floral Tent Panel

Alauddin Khilji Conquering Ranthamore Fort, Kangra school, India, late 18th century, opaque watercolor on paper, Tokyo National Museum

Tathagata Buddha

Book on Navigation

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

Tigers Chasing Deer, with Dragon

Carpet with Scrolling Vines and Blossoms

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

Carpet with Palm Trees, Ibexes, and Birds

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 (Dress Fabric)

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

A Young Prince on Horseback

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.

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.

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

Textile Fragment

Thanka with Buddha

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).

Grapevine in the Wind

The Greedy Dog

Ingelijste muurschildering voorstellende Xiwangmu en dienaressen

Palampore

Folk Painting

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.

Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary)

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

Friends of Krishna, folio 163 from a Bhakti Ratnavali of Vishnu Puri

The image shows a young child standing next to a rocking horse. The child is standing upright with one hand resting on the rocking horse's head and the other hand holding a whip. The child has fair skin, blue eyes, and short blonde hair with a small curl at the top. The child wears an orange dress with floral patterns, white lace-trimmed pantaloons, white stockings, and black shoes. The background includes red drapery on the left side and a bright landscape visible through a window, as well as a deep green hue on the right side.

Asavari Ragini, page from a Garland of Musical Ragas (Ragamala) Set

Queen Kaikeyi reminds King Dasharatha about the sacrifices of King Bali and King Shivi, folio 39 from the Ayodhya Kanda (Book of Ayodhya) of a Ramayana (Rama's Journey)

"Lotto" Carpet

Dragon in foliage with lion and phoenix heads

This folio from Walters manuscript W.596 depicts the fall of Samarqand.

Peahen and hibiscus

Durga Slaying Mahisha

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Fragment van een muurschildering

Birds and Flowers

Textile

Manuchehr Kills Tur, Manuscript from Shahnama

Chrysanthemums by the Water

Pichhwai for the Festival of Cows

Krishna with an Ascetic

Grafmonument met alliantiewapen en vier kwartierwapens

Fragment textiel

慈眼大師像

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

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

Portrait of a Woman