EditorialTus shoots the horse of Human. Shahnama of Firdawsi, with 63 miniatures. 1604. Tus shoots the horse of Human. Slightly smudged. 24.5 by 15.5 cm. Opaque watercolour. Afavid/Isfahan style. Image taken from Shahnama of Firdawsi, with 63 miniatures. Orig...
Editorial'Recumbent Female Nude Figure Asleep', 1530-1540. Clearly drawn from a model, a thin outline forms the delicate contour of her full-length body. Inside the line, the white of the paper shows the highlights while superb parallel hatching that has been g...
EditorialSketchbook Page: Man with Beard in Profile, Kenyon Cox, American, 18561919, Graphite on paper, Recto: Sketch of head of man with beard, shown in left profile., Verso: SKetch of seated man, enframed. Smudged, or transfer from opposite page., USA, 1883, ...
EditorialKhusraw and attendants. Shahnama of Firdawsi, with 39 miniatures. Opaque w. 1614. Khusraw with a large body of attendants, arrives below Shirin's palace: Shirin and a maid on the roof, and other ladies at windows. The right-hand side of the miniature (...
EditorialMiniature of a woman lying in a bed screened by a curtain, with a swaddled infant held by a midwife, the miniature smudged by kissing, with the text above: beginning ‘Exi infans, Christus te vocat.’ (‘Come forth infant, Christ summons you in the ...
EditorialTus shoots the horse of Human. Shahnama of Firdawsi, with 63 miniatures. 1604. Tus shoots the horse of Human. Slightly smudged. 24.5 by 15.5 cm. Opaque watercolour. Afavid/Isfahan style. Image taken from Shahnama of Firdawsi, with 63 miniatures. Orig...
EditorialBizhan rescued by Rustam. Shahnama of Firdawsi, with 24 miniatures. 1600. Bizhan rescued by Rustam. Smudged. 15.5 by 15 cm. Opaque watercolour. Bukhara style. Image taken from Shahnama of Firdawsi, with 24 miniatures. Originally published/produced in...
Editorial'Recumbent Female Nude Figure Asleep', 1530-1540. Clearly drawn from a model, a thin outline forms the delicate contour of her full-length body. Inside the line, the white of the paper shows the highlights while superb parallel hatching that has been g...
EditorialA Heron, late 18th century, Attributed to India, Water-color on paper, OveralL. 18 3/4 x 13 1/2in. (47.6 x 34.3cm), Codices, Produced during the British colonial period, this study of a heron shows great detail in all aspects of the depiction. Textures...
EditorialDesign for a Gold Watchcase Showing Front and Elevation, Pen and gray ink over graphite underdrawing. Incised. Rubbed and smudged with brown ink., 3 7/8 x 2 1/8 in. (9.8 x 5.4 cm), Drawings, Hubert Fran?ois Gravelot (French, Paris 1699?1773 Paris).
Editorial'Recumbent Female Nude Figure Asleep', 1530-1540. Clearly drawn from a model, a thin outline forms the delicate contour of her full-length body. Inside the line, the white of the paper shows the highlights while superb parallel hatching that has been g...