Renaissance at the Cleveland Museum of Art
The Cleveland Museum of Art holds 2,224 Renaissance works in this public-domain catalogue, dating from 1403 to 1804. The collection is led by Albrecht Dürer, Albrecht Altdorfer and Sebald Beham.
The Martyrdom of Saint John
Christ Nailed to the Cross
Landscape with the Cannon
Saint George Killing the Dragon
Three Peasants in Conversation
The Penance of Saint John Chrysostom
Battle of Ravana and Jatayu, from Chapters 50 and 51 of the Aranya Kanda (Book of the Forest) of Valmiki's Ramayana (Rama’s Journey); folio from the "Burnt" Ramayana
Virgin and Child Enthroned
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)
The Lover Leaves Wistfully in the Morning after a Passionate Tryst: Lalit Ragini, from a Ragamala
A prince riding a composite elephant
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 (Persian, d. 1614) from the Sanskrit Mahabharata
Gazing at a Waterfall
Thatched Hut by Water's Edge
View of Xiao Xiang
A royal ram with a gold chain
Yutai Peak (Jade Terrace Peak)
Dining Scene with European Elements
Landscapes with Figures (one of a pair)
Huanglong Cave (Yellow Dragon Cave)
Monju as a Child (Chigo Monju)
Folio 2 (verso), from a Great Poem about Twos (Dvyashraya Mahakavya) of Hemachandra with Commentary by Abhayatilaka
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Fifteenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
A Bishop Saint with a Donor (Saint Louis of Toulouse?)
A Prince Visiting a Holy Man in a Rocky Landscape (recto)
Page of disasters, from the Tarikh-i Alfi (History of a Thousand Years)
Dragon and Tiger
Virgin and Child Adored by Saints Mary Magdalene and Nicolas of Bari; Christ Crucified with the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist
Adoration of the Magi
Landscape
A Couple
Bamboo in Rain; Bamboo in Wind
Virgin and Child
Willow-and-Moon Kannon (Yōryū Kannon)
Page of disasters, from the Tarikh-i Alfi (History of the Thousand [Years])
Virgin and Child with a Goldfinch
A pair of Brahminy ducks
Emperor Minghuang Teaching Yang Gueifei to Play the Flute
Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang
Mt. Wuzhan
Wagtails and Narcissus
The Adoration of the Magi
Virgin and Child
Fish and Rock
Su Dongpo Riding a Donkey
Winter and Spring Landscape
Saint Catherine
Virgin and Child with Angels
Moonlit Landscape (one of a pair)
Peafowl and Phoenixes
The Annunciation
Xianding (Immortal's Peak)
Saint John the Baptist in a Landscape
Haboku (Flung-ink) Landscape
Female Daoist Figure in Landscape
Guiyun Shrine
Fushan Monastery
Calligraphy of a Pious Invocation in Rhyme (verso)
Monju as a Child
Birds and Flowers
Lonely Temple and Towering Cliff
Eighteen Views of Huzhou
The Four Accomplishments
Seasonal Landscapes: Autumn
Page from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), with two Persian
masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Subhat al-abrar (Rosary of the Righteous) (verso)
The Nativity
Birds and Flowers
Landscape
St. Peter, St. Paul, St. George, and St. James the Greater
Baoyang Lake
Portrait of Suraj Singh Rathor, Raja of Marwar and Maternal Uncle of Shah Jahan: A Page from the Prince Khurram Album
Chinese Landscape
Coastal Landscape
Pietà
The Adoration of the Magi
Vajradhara, Nairatmya, and mahasiddhas Virupa and Kanha
Reflections of Priest Foyen
Fish and Rock; Fish and Seaweed
Four seated Masters
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Lovers parting, page from a book of fables
A mendicant bowing before a holy man, from the Prince Salim Album
Folio B: Folio from the "Five Treasures" (Panj Ganj) of Jami (recto)
The Mass of Saint Gregory
Chinese Literatus in an Autumn Landscape
Icon of the Mother of God and Infant Christ (Virgin Eleousa)
St. Christopher, St. Erasmus, St. Barbara, and another female saint
Coastal Landscape in the Haboku Style
Shōtoku Taishi at Sixteen
Mandala of the Four Deities of Mt. Kōya
Mt. Shenchang
Seasonal Landscapes: Winter
Susuki Grass
The Adoration of the Magi
Page from the Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), with two Persian masnavis (narrative poems): Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Subhat al-abrar (Rosary of the Righteous)
The lion disturbed by mice who eat the food trapped in his aging teeth, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifteenth Night
St. Catherine of Siena and the Beggar
A feast for Babur hosted by his half-brother Jahangir Mirza in Ghazni in May 1505, from a Babur-nama (Memoirs of Babur)
Scene from the Tale of the Wisteria Robe
Peacocks and Bamboo
Seasonal Landscapes
Fish and Seaweed
Bamboo and Plum
Mandarin Duck
Cucumber and Eggplants
Flowers and Birds in a Spring Landscape
Phoenixes and Paulownia
Triptych with The Lamentation of Christ (center), St. Barbara (left wing), St. Catherine of Alexandria (right wing), The Annunciation (reverse wings)
A prince visiting a holy man in a rocky landscape
Lüshan Hui
Princes hunting in a rocky landscape
Haboku, Splashed Ink Landscape
Portrait of a Monk
Chinese Literatus Traveling to a Mountain Temple
Portrait of a Man
The Annunciation
Xiaomei
The Visitation
Kanzan Holding a Scroll
Seasonal Landscapes: Summer
Mt. Dong (Grotto Mountain)
Procession of the Magi
An East African King Receives Three Emissaries, from a Khamsa of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
Hanshan and Shide (Kanzan and Jittoku)
Portrait of Vincenzo Guarignoni
Mt. Changchao
Rustam Takes Aim at Ashkabus, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings)
Figure Mooring a Boat
Saint John the Baptist
Mt. Biyan (Green Cliff)
Akrura Drives Krishna and Balarama to Mathura, from the “Isarda Bhagavata Purana”
Mt. Fenghuang (Mt. Phoenix)
Babur meeting with Sultan Ali Mirza at the Kohik River, from a Babur-nama (Memoirs of Babur)
Landscape
Mt. Daochang
Xintang (Immortal's Peak)
Pan Lang (Han Rō)
Hexi
Arrival of the "Southern Barbarians"
The Trinity
The cat attacks the mice which disturb the lion, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifteenth Night
Chinese Servant Walking in the Rain
Predella Panel from an Altarpiece: St. Catherine of Siena Invested with the Dominican Habit
Section of an Illustrated Tale of Genji Poetry Contest
Bodhidharma
Hotei
Virgin and Child with Saint Jerome and Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Bilang Lake
Returning Home
Farming and Herding Buffalo in Summer
Wild Geese
Folio 1, from a Great Poem about Twos (Dvyashraya Mahakavya) of Hemachandra with Commentary by Abhayatilaka
Persian calligraphy framed by an ornamental border of flowers, birds, and deer, from the Late Shah Jahan Album
Scholar's Visit
Duck in Flight
Portrait of Sugawara Michizane
Saint Catherine and Saint Barbara (pair)
Triptych with the Adoration of the Magi
The Virgin Crowned by Angels
Hawk
Winter and Summer Flowers
The Crucifixion
Calligraphy with Willow and Swallows
The siege of Arbela in the era of Hulagu Khan, from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) of Rashid al-Din (Persian, 1247–1318)
Sparrows and Bamboo
The Story of Fukutomi
Landscape
Landscapes with Figures
Bodhidharma on a Reed
Fish Basket Kannon (Gyoran Kannon)
The Nativity
Wisdom King of Passion (Aizen Myōō)
The merchant returns bringing a young slave who is really the son of the princess of Rum, now married to the king, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fiftieth Night
Sunset Glow over a Fishing Village, from Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang
Virgin and Child with Angels
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Thirteenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Text, Folio 13 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Coronation of the Virgin
The bag of gold which he received for the slave girl being stolen in a mosque, the young man of Baghdad tears his cloths and is about to fling himself into the Tigris, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-eighth Night
The bird of seven colors brings a sable to the pious man, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night
The Brahman gambler sees the daughter of the king of the jinns in a pit together with an old man and a cauldron of boiling oil, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot: Seventh Night)
Text, Folio 44 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The Brahman comes upon a lion who has a deer and a gazelle as his viziers, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-first Night
The unfaithful wife explaining away the presence of the dough elephant, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
The hunter throws away the baby parrots, who pretend to be dead, and captures the mother, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night
The wounded monkey bites the hand of the prince, his chessmate, in the presence of guests, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night
Water Village
Text, Folio 8 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Birds Gather under the Spring Willow
Text, Folio 37 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 30 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Adoration of the Shepherds
Text, folio 6 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
A Mounted Prince Hunting Lion in a Rocky Landscape
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-ninth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-Ninth Night
Text, Folio 63 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The Bodhisattvas of the Ten Stages in Attaining the Most Perfect Knowledge
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Mr. Five Willows (Wuliu), Tao Yuanming
Lazarus and the Rich Man
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Scholar with Staff and Brush
The Fool's Spring, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou
Text, folio 11 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The prince and Nikfal are joined by Khalis and the Mukhlis who are the grateful snake and frog in human form, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighteenth Night
The soldier receives a garland of roses from his wife which will remain fresh as long as she is faithful, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fourth Night
Scholar-Hermits in the Autumn Mountains
Text, Folio 44 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 40 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Daoist and Crane in Autumn Landscape
Text, Folio 35 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The Poet Lin Bu Wandering in the Moonlight
Icon of the New Testament Trinity
The rejuvenated old man and the daughter of the king of the jinns take leave of the King of Kings, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh Night
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Tenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Text, Folio 23 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 74 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Mahavira's Omniscience and First Teaching (Samavasarana), Folio 39 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The donkey, in a tiger’s skin, reveals his identity by braying aloud, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-first Night
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Virgin and Child under a Canopy
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-sixth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Text, Folio 62 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
King Siddhartha's Morning Bath, Folio 22 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, folio 5 (verso), from Brahman Rishabhadatta's speech, from a Kalpa-sutra
Hearing her declaration of love, Ayaz falls at the feet of Mahmuda at the holy shrine. The scene is witnessed by Salim, Ayaz’s friend, and a maid, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-third Night
Birds and Flowers in a Landscape of the Four Seasons
The Raja’s son vows to sever his head and offer it to the image if he is united with the princess he has seen in the temple, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fourth Night
The guard spares the life of the slave when he learns that he is the son of the princess of the Rum, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fiftieth Night
The young man of Baghdad solicits advice from a friend as his slave girl, who is adept at music, awaits, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-eighth Night
The merchant’s daughter encounters a wolf and bandits on her way to meet the gardener in order to keep her promise, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night
Text, Folio 15 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Mahavira Rides in His Initiation Palanquin, Folio 36 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The merchant’s daughter gives birth to a son as a result of eating out of the box. The clever child recognizes the false gems from true, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-third Night
The three suitors again begin to quarrel among themselves for the hand of the devotee’s daughter, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twentieth Night
The mendicant’s wife deceives him with a soldier, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fourth Night
Bashir confides his love for Habbaza to an Arab friend, and sends him to her with a message, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fourth Night
Ink Plum
Virgin and Child, with Saints Anthony Abbott, Mark, Severino, and Sebastian
Text, Folio 52 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 38 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The king gives his daughter in marriage to the pious man’s son, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night
Text, Folio 33 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-eighth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twentieth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The infant son of the king of Isfahan responds to music, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirteenth Night
Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Portrait of a Couple
Text, Folio 68 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 17 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Virgin and Child with Angels
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)
Repenting his conduct, ‘Ubaid falls at the feet of his parents, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-second Night
The handmaiden again pleads for the death of the prince, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Paintings after Ancient Masters:Travelers in an Autumn Landscape
The pious man’s wife offers the seven-colored bird as food to her lover, but not finding its head, he breaks the pot and bowl in anger, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night
Waiting for the Moon in the Mid Autumn Festival
Text, Folio 42 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The two cooks, who attempt to seduce the warrior’s loyal wife, are trapped by her in a cellar, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fourth Night
Alamshah cleaving asunder the chain of the wheel, from volume 11 of a Hamza-nama (Adventures of Hamza)
Krishna Exacts a Toll from the Milkmaids: Dana-Lila, from a Bhagavata Purana
The deceitful wife assaults her erring husband, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
The guard restores the son who falls at his mother’s feet, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fiftieth Night
Virgin and Child
Krishna sporting with the gopis in the Jumna River, from a Bhagavata Purana
A Hundred Birds and the Three Friends
Text, Folio 57 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Kalpa-sutra manuscript with 24 illuminations
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-third night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Nemi Enthroned, Folio 54 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Sixth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The vizier’s son receives the magic wooden parrot from the wife of the merchant, who is drunk, and has a replica made by a carpenter, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Tenth Night
Text, Folio 10 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The goldsmith and the carpenter inform the king of a dream in which the golden images plan to desert the city for lack of worshippers, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Third Night
The daughter of the merchant of Mazanderan asks the gardener for the rose, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night
The king dreams of a lady, the personification of wealth, departing from him on account of his purchasing a bowl and a staff from a yogi, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-sixth Night
Panel from a Cassone: The Race of the Palio in the Streets of Florence
Birth of Parshva, Folio 45 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The Crucifixion
Cloud-Climbing Pavilion, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-third night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-second night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Text, Folio 53 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Manjushri
The son of the king of Babylon sees the Brahman transformed into a woman bathing and falls in love with her, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fifth Night
The eldest brother explains the reason for his youthful appearance, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-ninth Night
The Sacrifice of Isaac
The dervish brings the King of Kings before the king of Bahilistan, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh Night
Landscape with Saint John the Baptist
Kingfisher Perched above a Stream
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Rock, Old Tree, and Bamboo
Portrait of a Woman
Virgin and Child
Garden for Solitary Enjoyment
Squirrel on a Pine Branch
Winter Landscape
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Landscape in the Style of Ni Zan
Text, Folio 76 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Portrait of a Young Man
The deceitful wife ejects the procuress after blackening her face, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Text, Folio 41 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The game of wolf-running in Tabriz, from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar)
Shennong (Shinnō)
Babur receives booty and Humayun’s salute after the victory over Sultan Ibrahim in 1526, from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian, 1551–1602)
The prince, once reprieved, is returned to the palace of execution a second time on the plea of the king’s handmaiden, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
The Brahman’s predicament is conveyed by the wind to the fish who carries the news to the king of the Ocean, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eleventh Night
Kamjuy, the wife of the Raja, averts her face from the fishes, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-third Night
The Hermit Xu You Resting by a Stream
Text, Folio 66 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The prince rejects the amorous advances of the king’s handmaiden, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Eleventh Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The deceitful wife returns to her terrace after caressing her lover, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Timur distributes gifts from his grandson, the Prince of Multan, from a Zafar-nama (Book of Victories)
The prince, with the help of Mukhlis who changes into a frog, recovers the ring lost in the sea, and returns it to the king, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighteenth Night
The Enlightened Stone Retreat, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou
Seated Jina Rishabha Enshrined, from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-Sutra
Bamboo in Moonlight
The young man changes himself to look like Mansur, and thus inveigles himself into the bed of Mansur’s wife, but is put off by her, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventeenth Night
Text, Folio 65 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Lakeside Retreat
The Brahman’s wife who killed a peacock and ate its gallbladder on the physician’s advice, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Nineteenth Night
Shahr-Arai and her husband adopt her lover as a brother in the family, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fortieth Night
Text, Folio 61 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Portrait of a Man
The Five Hundred Arhats
Beggars and Street Characters
Looking for a Monastery in the Misty Mountains
The prince, having deprived the snake of its natural food, a frog, feeds it with a piece of his own flesh, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighteenth Night
Portrait of Machtelt Suijs
Text, Folio 42 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 6 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist
Text, Folio 11 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 19 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 64 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The king’s emissary being provided with gifts for his mission to Rum in order to seek the hand of the emperor’s daughter in marriage, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fiftieth Night
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Volume 2
Washing the Feet (from the Dusty World)
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): blank page
Khujasta kills the pet mynah who advises her not to be unfaithful to Maymun, her husband, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of the Parrot): First Night
Portrait of a Woman
The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Margaret
The Five Sages Terrace, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou
Text, Folio 21 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Mountain Market, Clear with Rising Mist
Empty Arbor and Rapid Waterfall
Holy Family with a Shepherd
Text, Folio 38 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Vigil on the Sixth Night After Mahavira's Birth, Folio 33 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Kaiwan sends a message of love to Khurshid, wife of his brother Utarid who is away on a journey, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night
The marriage of ‘Ubaid, son of a merchant of Tirmiz, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-second Night
European Costume Scene
St. Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata
Landscape with a lotus pool, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Khulasa, a vizier, sees the daughter of Khassa, another vizier, and covets her, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-first Night
Text, Folio 59 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Bamboo in Wind
The disguised Arab, substituting for Habbaza, is whipped by her husband for refusing a bowl of milk, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fourth Night
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Celestial Dancers, folio 5 (recto), from Brahman Rishabhadatta's speech, from a Kalpa-sutra
King Bhojaraja tries in vain to ascertain the whereabouts of the pearl from the four travelling companions, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night
The parrot brings a fruit from the Tree of Life to the king of Syria, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Ninth Night
Portrait of Maharaja Rai Singh of Bikaner (reigned 1574-1612)
Text, Folio 41 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The old procuress conveys the young man’s message of love to Mansur’s wife, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot: Seventeenth Night
The astrologer predicts a calamity for the newly born prince in his thirteenth year, but one which he would be able to overcome, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
The magician disguised as a Brahman returns to claim his “daughter-in-law,” from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fifth Night
The lion, suspecting treachery on the part of the monkey, slays him and flees, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-ninth Night
Text, Folio 36 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twelfth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Kaiwan, Latif, and Sharif arrive at a house of worship, where they seek help from Khurshid who has become a mystical healer, from a Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night
The merchant hears of his wife’s unfaithfulness (above); the unfaithful wife performs penance by plucking her hair (below), from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): First Night
Five Poses of Krishna Making Love, from a Bikaner Bhagavata Purana
Painting from a Kalpa-sutra: Queen Trishala Reclining
Text, Folio 26 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Flowering Crab Apple
Portrait of Pope Sixtus IV della Rovere
Wild Geese
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Scholar Reading in a Thatched Hut by a Waterfall
River Village in a Rainstorm
Listening to the Qin
Snowscape with Figures
The Annunciation
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Thirtieth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Text, Folio 5 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
King Bahram, who has married Khassa’s daughter, has her tied to a camel to be abandoned in the desert as a result of false accusations made by Khulasa, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-first Night
Saint Nicholas of Bari
Landscape with Motifs from the Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang
Text, Folio 45 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Virgin and Child with Saints
Virgin and Child
The wolf and the jackal, serving as viziers, instigate the lion who pursues the Brahman up a tree, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-first Night
Holy Family with the Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine
Mahavira Gives Away his Possessions, Folio 35 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The monkey slain, his blood to be used as medicine for the ailing prince he has bitten, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night
The dervish brings in as dowry an elephant laden with gold, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh Night
The Dead Christ with Angels
The snake enters into an argument with the frog, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-sixth Night
The woman conversing with her children, as the leopard returns, egged on by a fox who is tied to his leg, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirtieth Night
Adoration of the Magi
Mahavira in the Realm of Liberation (Nirvana), Folio 43 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Eleven-Headed, Thousand-Armed Bodhisattva of Compassion (Avalokiteshvara)
Fisherman's Joy
Text, folio 24 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 55 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Chrysanthemum
The young man of Baghdad reunited with his slave-girl, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-eighth Night
Hunting with falcons in a landscape (recto)
Transfer of the Embryo of Mahavira, Folio 12 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Portrait of Zhongqing in a Landscape
The third suitor strikes the devotee’s daughter and thus restores her to life, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twentieth Night
The goldsmith judged; the bear cubs trained by the carpenter as though they were his sons, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Third Night
Christ with Joseph of Arimathea
Bamboo in Rain
Text, Folio 2 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Sleeping Bird on a Prunus Branch
Mukhtar throws his wife Maimuna into the pit, but she saves herself, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fifth Night
The daughter-in-law of the king of Banaras, charmed by the music of a vagabond, comes down to meet him, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Sixteenth Night
The magic parrot of the merchant talks to the vizier’s son, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Tenth Night
The Eight Hosts of Deva, Naga, and Yakshi
Text, Folio 52 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The two couples reach a foreign city where they make their home, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-third Night
The monkey, serving as the lion’s chamberlain, converses with the lynx and its mate who have arrived with their cubs to settle in the lion’s domain, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-ninth Night
Listening to the Bamboo
Text, Folio 21 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The king of Bahilistan offers his daughter to the King of Kings, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh Night
Poet and Recluse Hanshan
Text, Folio 3 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 53 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
In order to falsely implicate her husband, Hamnaz places a knife by his side and lets the blood dripping from her nose stain his clothes, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fifth Night
Yellow Chrysanthemums and Red Osmanthus in the Style of Wang Yuan
The merchant Mansur departs on a sea voyage, leaving his wife behind, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventeenth Night
Immortal Riding on a Carp
The destitute Mukhtar meets his wife Maimuna at a holy shrine, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fifth Night
The snake, hidden in a basket of flowers, reveals himself to the Raja who has just sent away his wife, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-third Night
Virgin and Child
Three suitors fight amongst themselves for the hand of the devotee’s daughter, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twentieth Night
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-seventh night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Volume 1
The queen of Rum watches the peahen prefer to burn rather than abandon her eggs while the peacock flees the nest, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-ninth Night
The Raja’s daughter, born with three breasts, accompanies her blind husband and his hunchback guide on a journey, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-second Night
The Nodding Stone Terrace, Tiger Hill, and the Thousand-Man Seat, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou
The street cleaner, on his way to meet King Bhojaraja, sleeps under a tree where four thieves disguised as fellow travelers deprive him of a priceless pearl, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night
Text, Folio 59 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Portrait of a kneeling holy man, from the Prince Salim Album
Text, Folio 66 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Landscape
Panel from a Triptych: The Archangel Michael
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Eighteenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Laozi Riding an Ox
The monk returns the magic parrot to its rightful owner, the merchant, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Tenth Night
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-second Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-fourth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The young prince is presented to the king, his father, by his teacher, but refuses to speak, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Virgin and Child
Virgin and Child
Windy Landscape with Sailboat
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Calligraphy
Text, Folio 8 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Nemi's Omniscience and First Teaching (below) and Nemi in the Realm of Liberation (above), Folio 51 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Landscape with Venus and Adonis
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the fifty-first night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-first Night
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Virgin and Child
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Autumn Landscape
The third suitor, who is an archer, shoots the wicked fairy who has imprisoned Zuhra. He rides on a magic horse prepared by the second suitor and is led to the spot by the divining prowess of the first, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fourth Night
Pair of Panels from a Triptych: The Archangel Michael and St. Anthony Abbot
The Fourteen Dreams of Queen Trishala, folio 14 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The merchant has the hateful skull ground and put into a box, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-third Night
The three young men present themselves as suitors for the hand of Zuhra, the daughter of the merchant of Kabul, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fourth Night
Head of Saint John the Baptist
Text, Folio 67 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The king places the talisman on his sleeping wife, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fiftieth Night
The invention of musical instruments from the intestines of a monkey, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fourteenth Night
Text, Folio 62 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The Bodhisattvas of the Ten Stages in Attaining the Most Perfect Knowledge; The Eight Hosts of Deva, Naga, and Yakshi
Seated Amitābha
Text, Folio 65 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Paintings after Ancient Masters
Bamboo Pavilion, Tiger Hill, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou
The Thousand Buddha Hall and the Pagoda of the "Cloudy Cliff" Monastery, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou
The creatures of the sea are asked by the king of the Ocean to take a message to the Brahman, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eleventh Night
Text, Folio 76 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Death of the Virgin
Text, Folio 16 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 54 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The Eleven Principal Disciples (Ganadharas) of Mahavira, Folio 57 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The young man of Baghdad reveals his true identity to the Hashimi, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot: Forty-eighth Night
Text, Folio 46 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 73 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Adoration of the Shepherds
The king of Zabul sees Mahrusa from his palace balcony, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-sixth Night
Landscape of the Four Seasons
Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot): Tale XIII
Text, Folio 19 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The young prince is crowned and the wicked handmaiden is executed, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Folios A and B from the "Five Treasures" (Panj Ganj) of Jami
Zhao Mengfu Writing the Heart (Hridaya) Sutra in Exchange for Tea
Text, Folio 56 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 40 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 56 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text page from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Horse Stable
The court jester meets a Zangi dancing with joy, and learns from him that the cause of his happiness is his assignation with a woman who is the jester’s own wife, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-second Night
Distant View of Tiger Hill from the Canal Mooring, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou
Coronation of the Virgin
Paintings after Ancient Masters: A Lohan [after Guanxiu]
Teacher with his Pupil
Paintings after Ancient Masters: A Lady
Landscape with a lotus pool, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot), Eighth Night
Portrait of a Man, Possibly Girolamo Rosati
A Bridal Couple
Hotei
Text, Folio 51 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Nanda and the elders, page from a Bhagavata Purana
The siege of Arbela in the era of Hulagu Khan, page from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) of Rashid al-Din (Persian,1247–1318)
Rei Shōjo (Ling Zhaonu)
Children at Play
A Mughal courtier
Ten Thousand Li of the Yangzi
Charity
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-Fourth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Chrysanthemum and Rock
Habbaza’s sister, who is sent to console her, discovers the disguised Arab in her place, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fourth Night
Hunting near Hartenfels Castle
Latif, who has murdered his brother, falsely accuses Khurshid of the deed, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night
The king plucks fruit from the Tree of Life with his own hands and feeds it to a lady, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Ninth Night
The magician, disguised as a Brahman, visits the king of Babylon, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fifth Night
The parrot mother cautions her young on the danger of playing with foxes, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night
The son of the pious man slays the dragon, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night
Mount Hua
King Kumarapala Pays Reverence to Hemachandra: Folio 2 (recto), from a Great Poem about Twos (Dvyashraya Mahakavya) of Hemachandra with Commentary by Abhayatilaka
The fourth man digs at the spot where he dropped the shell, expecting jewels, but discovering mere iron, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-seventh Night
Birds and Flowers
Virgin and Child in a Landscape
The prince meets a carefree dancing dervish whose good fortune he purchases for his ring, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighteenth Night
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-first night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Text, Folio 32 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The prince being taken away for execution on the false complaint of the handmaiden, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Virgin and Child with Saints and Donors
Akbar and Jahangir Examine a Ghir Falcon while Prince Khusrau Stands Behind
Indra Venerates the Embryo of Mahavira, Folio 7 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Moonlit Landscape
A female figure standing in a landscape holding a four-stringed “khuuchir” and a lotus
Text, Folio 20 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Mahrusa’s marriage to the prefect of the city, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-sixth Night
The king of the Ocean, having assumed human form, arrives at the court of the Raja, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eleventh Night
Adoration of the Shepherds
Tarquinius Priscus Entering Rome
A traveler persuades Lorik to return home (top); Chanda objects (bottom), from a Chandayana (Story of Chanda)
The old man eats of the fruit of the Tree of Life, but drops dead, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Ninth Night
The Baptism of Christ
The young man of Baghdad joins the Hashimi’s boat as a sailor to find his slave-girl on board, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-eighth Night
Text, folio 60 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the fifty-second night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night
The wife of the son of the vizier brings the magic wooden parrot to her lover, the monk, who exchanges it for the replica, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Tenth Night
Ducks under Reeds
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-ninth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Text, Folio 63 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The handmaiden appeals for justice and the prince is taken to the execution site for the fourth time, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Mandala of Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi
King Siddhartha and Queen Trishala with the Dream Interpreters, Folio 25 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Mt. Taibo in the Style of Wang Meng
Layla and Majnun in the wilderness with animals, from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
The Raja of Ujjain, who is traveling in the guise of a yogi, meets two brothers who ask him to equitably partition their father’s possession, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-sixth Night
Text, Folio 10 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
A Man Dips His Hand into a Cauldron as Ladies of the Harem Stand in Amazement: A Page from a Manuscript of Religious History
Playing the Qin in a Secluded Valley
The lover’s son makes an elephant of the pastry dough carried by the unfaithful wife and puts it in her basket, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
The pious man’s son presents the slain dragon to the king, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night
The Marriage of Pradyumna and Rukmavati, page from a Bhagavata Purana
Text, folio 12 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 13 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 18 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
John the Baptist being carried to Zacharias
The Brahman, unable to select from the four gifts of the king of the Ocean seeks the Raja’s advice, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eleventh Night
The vagabond crosses a stream with the possessions of the daughter-in-law of the king of Banaras and absconds, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Sixteenth Night
Text, Folio 4 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 27 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Clouds and Waves at the Wu Gorge
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-third Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The Lion's Cave with Sthulabhadra and His Sisters, Folio 60 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Saying Farewell at Xunyang (Song of the Pipa)
Tiger-Flight Spring at the Back Gate, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou
The Annunciation and The Nativity
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-first night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-first Night
A Pair of Peafowl
Panel from a Triptych: St. Anthony Abbot
Portrait of a Woman as Saint Catherine
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Narcissus and Bare Trees
Calligraphy of Chaghatai Turkish Poems in Praise of Wine (verso)
As punishment, the jester’s wife and the Zangi are thrown into fire and the emir’s wife and the mahout are trampled by an elephant, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot), Twenty-second Night
The origin of music from a fabulous bird of India which had seven holes in its beak, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fourteenth Night
Madonna and Child in a Niche
Shahr-Arai’s husband bends to kiss his wife who feigns sleep, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fortieth Night
Boy Drinking
Text, Folio 39 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Lotus and Rocks
Text, Folio 32 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Mahrusa kills herself at the tomb of the king of Zabul, and her husband does likewise, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-sixth Night
Old Pine Tree
Jain Ascetic Walking Along a Riverbank
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the fiftieth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fiftieth Night
Lions and Fox in a Rugged Landscape
Text, Folio 20 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 23 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
King Siddhartha and Queen Trishala Sit Alone to Discuss Her Dreams, Folio 24 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The lion returns to his territory and sees the monkey conversing with the lynx, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-ninth Night
Budai
Text, Folio 22 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The Haven of the Peach-Blossom Spring
The daughter-in-law returns from her misadventure, feigning insanity, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Sixteenth Night
The king’s handmaiden takes the prince away to the harem, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Chrysanthemums and Cabbage
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Portrait of Tao Yuanming
Portrait of a Woman
The monkey advises the suspicious lion to cast off fear and take possession of his territory, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-ninth Night
The sentinel in the employ of the Shah of Tabaristan prepares to sacrifice his son to the ghost of the Shah’s soul, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Second Night
The emir slays the snake after giving it shelter, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-fifth Night
Painting from a Kalpa-sutra: Indra Praises the Embryo of Mahavira in the Womb of the Brahman Woman Devananda
The four destitute friends go to a wise man who gives each one of them a magic shell to be placed on top of the turban, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-seventh Night
Virgin and Child
Grotesque Dancers Performing
Preparation for the marriage of Mahmuda to the Young Vizier, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-third Night
The daughter of the king of the jinns bows before the King of Kings who has just undergone the ordeal of passing through the boiling oil to emerge as a youth, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh Night
Altarpiece with The Passion of Christ
Text, Folio 25 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The painting made by the vizier of the emperor of China for the queen of Rum, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-ninth Night
A Mughal Prince, Perhaps Danyal, Holding a Sprig of Flowers
The husband berates his wife for purchasing gravel instead of sugar, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Eighth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Seventh Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-fifth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Saint Barbara
The pious man’s son, now a king, reveals himself to his father; his nurse upbraids his unfaithful mother, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night
Khurshid reunited with her husband Utarid, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night
Text, Folio 27 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Habbaza meets Bashir under a tree, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fourth Night
The farmer, father of the son with the deceitful wife, steals away with her anklet while she is in bed with her lover, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
John the Baptist
The gardener seizes and beats a donkey who insisted on braying, while the deer, its companion flees to safety, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-first Night
Amitābha Triad
Tsong Khapa, Founder of the Geluk Order
The forty wives and their secret paramours being punished by stoning to death, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-third Night
The young man, who has magically taken on the appearance of Mansur the merchant, arrives at his home, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventeenth Night
The dethroned frog Shapur seeks the help of the serpent, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenth-sixth Night
Portrait of a Woman, Possibly a Novice of San Secondo
Queen Trishala's Grief and Happiness, Folio 29 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Parshva Undergoes Physical Trials, Folio 46 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Nikfal, the fortune of the prince in the form of a woman, offers to accompany him, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighteenth Night
Text, Folio 50 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The suitors take the devotee’s daughter out of her tomb after breaking it open, when the physician discovers she is still alive, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twentieth Night
Text, Folio 29 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The princess discovers the dead bodies, with heads severed, of her husband and his Brahman friend, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fourth Night
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)
The vizier dissuades the king of Bahilistan from executing the dervish who asks for his daughter’s hand in marriage, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh Night
The merchant of Tirmiz takes the wise parrot and myna to ‘Ubaid, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-second Night
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-second night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The young prince recounts his experiences to his father, the king, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
A Scholar's Retreat amid Autumn Trees
Text, Folio 68 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 4 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Birth of Mahavira, folio 30 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Scholars in a Garden
Portrait of Agostino Barbarigo
Seven men disputing possession of a woman bring her before the Tree of Justice into which she is absorbed, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Sixth Night
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-fourth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Text, folio 61 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 31 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The prince sent back to the place of execution for the sixth time, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
The prince, a son of the ruler of Sistan, enters the service of a snake, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-seventh Night
Mughal ruler Humayun defeating the Afghans before reconquering India, folio from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian, 1551–1602)
Portrait of an Old Man
Text, Folio 58 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Khusrau, the King of Kings, pays homage to the pious daughter of Khassa, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-first Night
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Seventeenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The hunter offers the mother parrot to the king of Kamarupa, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night
The court of the Raja of Ujjain, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-sixth Night
Crow on a Pomegranate
The lover of Hamnaz, who has been hanged from the gallows, bites off her nose when she kisses him, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fifth Night
Madonna and Child with Tobias and the Angel Raphael
Flowers of Four Seasons, with Poems
Landscape
Twelve Views of Tiger Hill
Text, Folio 75 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The Nine Elders of the Mountain of Fragrance
Text, Folio 18 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The Holy Family with Mary Magdalen
Portrait of a Prelate
Listening Angel
Text, Folio 73 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The false Mansur punished before the judge and expelled from the city, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventeenth Night
Brahman Rishabhadatta's speech, folio 5 from a Kalpa-sutra
The tale of the three men trapped in a cave by a rolling boulder, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night
Text, Folio 74 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Paintings after Ancient Masters: An Ancient Tree
Paintings after Ancient Masters: A Bird and Peach-Blossom Branch
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the fortieth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Indra Commands Harinaigameshin to Transfer the Embryo of Mahavira, Folio 9 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 7 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The merchant’s clerk replaces the sugar purchased by the philandering wife with gravel, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Madonna and Child
Listening to the Wind in the Pines
St. Francis Kneeling before Christ on the Cross
The two erring cooks, dressed as maidservants, fall at the prince’s feet and beg forgiveness, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of the Parrot): Fourth Night
Portrait of a Man
Text, Folio 5 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The handmaiden again appeals for justice and the prince is led to the place of execution for the third time, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Shahr-Arai and her lover dallying on a bed beneath which is concealed her husband, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fortieth Night
Text, Folio 34 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 50 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 28 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-seventh Night, form a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Folio 2, from a Great Poem about Twos (Dvyashraya Mahakavya) of Hemachandra with Commentary by Abhayatilaka
Khalis repays the prince for his kindness by changing into a snake and sucking the poison from the king’s daughter, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighteenth Night
Baptism of Christ
Returning to the Village in a Rainstorm
Text, Folio 55 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 26 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The Birth and Naming of John the Baptist
Text, Folio 9 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 48 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Portrait of a Youth as Saint Sebastian
Chinese Literatus Viewing a Valley
The prince’s ordeal continues, he is ordered away to be executed for the fifth time, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Text, Folio 15 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Terminus, the Device of Erasmus
The merchant’s daughter meets the gardener, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night
Seated Priest
Old Trees by a Wintry Brook
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-sixth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
A woman asks her lover to leave her house, brandishing his sword and feigning rage in order to deceive her husband who has just arrived, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Text, Folio 34 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 17 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
A holy man prostrating himself before a learned prince
The daughter-in-law of the king of Banaras sees the jackal deprived of its food by a bird, as it unsuccessfully attempts to catch a fish, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Sixteenth Night
Hunting with falcons in a landscape; verso: Calligraphy of Chaghatai Turkish poems in praise of wine, Sultan Muhammad Nur (Persian, c. 1472–1536) and Mirza Muhammad (probably Persian, active c. 1520s)
Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist
Text, Folio 58 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The Raja’s daughter and her lover stoned to death for adultery, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-Second Night
The parrot laughs on hearing the Raja of Ujjain’s wife admire her beauty in a mirror, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot: Forty-sixth Night
Text, Folio 67 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The Thousand Acres of Clouds, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou
The Sword Spring, Tiger Hill, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou
Text, Folio 2 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Ritual Bath of Mahavira, Folio 31 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Virgin and Child with John the Baptist and Angels
Portrait of a Woman
Text, Folio 16 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page (blank)
Portrait of Maria Kitscher, Frau von Freyberg
The wolf advises the lion to consult the cat, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifteenth Night
Virgin and Child with Angels
Text, Folio 28 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The Pine Retreat, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou
Returning Sails off a Distant Shore, from Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang
Garden Scene with a Master Instructing a Student in a Pavilion
The Crucifixion with a Carthusian Monk
Mahavira's Initiation Tonsure, Folio 37 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Camel and Groom; Single Page Illustration
The Brahman gives an account of his falling in love with the king of Babylon’s daughter to his friend, the magician, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fifth Night
Daoist Retreat in Mountain and Stream (Landscape after Ni Zan [1301–1374])
The deceitful wife persuades her husband to sleep in the same place where she had previously slept with her lover, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-seventh night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-seventh Night
Lady in a Landscape (recto)
Profile of a Girl Holding a Candle
Border Lines (verso)
Two Drawings of Ships (verso)
Madonna and Child
Arm of Eve
Standing Officer Holding a Boar's Spear
Iconographic Sketchbook
Bust-Length Profile of an Old Woman (verso)
Iconographic Drawings: Vaishravana, Yama, Ushnishavijaya, Chunda (?), and Buddha (recto)
A Draped Female Figure (possibly an Amazon) and Architectural Studies (verso)
Study of a Fallen Soldier (possibly the Conversion of Saul) (recto)
Half-Length Figure Study of a Woman
Crucifixion with the Two Thieves
Study of a Fallen Soldier (possibly the Conversion of Saul) (recto); A Draped Female Figure (possibly an Amazon) and Architectural Studies (verso)
Navicella (recto)
Navicella (recto); Two Drawings of Ships (verso)
Copy of Annibale Carracci's St. Roch Giving Alms
Iconographic Drawings: Chakrashamvara with Vajravarahi, Hevajra with Nairatmya, and Yamantaka (verso)
Coffret with Woodcut of Saint Veronica's Vernicle
Geometry (from the Tarocchi, series C: Liberal Arts, #24)
Genius of the Sun (from the Tarocchi, series B: Cosmic Principles & Virtues, #31)
Astrology (from the Tarocchi, series C: Liberal Arts, #29)
Faith (from the Tarocchi, series B: Cosmic Principles & Virtues, #40)
The Beggar (from the Tarocchi, series E: Conditions of Man, #1)
The King (from the Tarocchi, series E: Conditions of Man, #8)
The Conversion of Saint Paul
Sun (from the Tarocchi, series A: Firmaments of the Universe, #44)
Genius of the World (from the Tarocchi, series B: Cosmic Principles & Virtues, #33)
Three Male Nudes
Rhetoric (from the Tarocchi, series C: Liberal Arts, #23)
Mercury (from the Tarocchi, series A: Firmaments of the Universe, #42)
Clio (history) (from the Tarocchi series D: Apollo and the Muses, #19)
The Artisan (from the Tarocchi, series E: Conditions of Man, #3)
Mars (from the Tarocchi, series A: Firmaments of the Universe, #45)
Arithmetic (from the Tarocchi, series C: Liberal Arts, #25)
Temptation of Christ
Charity (from the Tarocchi, series B: Cosmic Principles & Virtues, #38)
Philosophy (from the Tarocchi, series C: Liberal Arts, #28)
Apollo (from the Tarocchi, series D: Apollo and the Muses, #20)
Gentleman (from the Tarocchi series E: Conditions of Man, #5)
Justice (from the Tarocchi, series B: Cosmic Principles & Virtues, #37)
Theology (from the Tarocchi, series C: Liberal Arts, #30)
Pietà
Euterpe (music, lyric poetry) (from the Tarocchi series D: Apollo and the Muses, #18)
L'Adoration des Rois
Prudence (from the Tarocchi, series B: Cosmic Principles & Virtues, #35)
Poetry (from the Tarocchi, series C: Liberal Arts, #27)
Hope (from the Tarocchi, series B: Cosmic Principles & Virtues, #39)
The Lovers
The Doge (from the Tarocchi, series E: Conditions of Man, #7)
The Pope (from the Tarocchi, series E: Conditions of Man, #10)
Terpsichore (dancing and song) (from the Tarocchi series D: Apollo and the Muses, #13)
Calliope (from the Tarocchi series D: Apollo and the Muses, #11)
Christ and the Woman of Samaria
Jupiter (from the Tarocchi, series A: Firmaments of the Universe, #46)
The Nativity
Genius of Time (from the Tarocchi, series B: Cosmic Principles & Virtues, #32)
The Angel of the Eighth Sphere (from the Tarocchi, series A: Firmaments of the Universe, #48)
Erato (lyric and love poetry) (from the Tarocchi series D: Apollo and the Muses, #14)
The Empyrean Sphere (from the Tarocchi, series A: Firmaments of the Universe, #50)
The Emperor (from the Tarocchi, series E: Conditions of Man, #9)
Temperance (from the Tarocchi, Series B: Cosmic Principles & Virtues, #34)
Venus (from the Tarocchi, series A: Firmaments of the Universe, #43)
Logic (from the Tarocchi, series C: Liberal Arts, #22)
Music (from the Tarocchi, series C: Liberal Arts, #26)
Luna (from the Tarocchi, series A: Firmaments of the Universe, #41)
The Angel of the Ninth Sphere (from the Tarocchi, series A: Firmaments of the Universe, #49)
The Alchemical Properties of Metal: Mercury, Vulcan, and the Alchemist in the Cave
The Servant (from the Tarocchi, series E: Conditions of Man, #2)
Forteza (from the Tarocchi, series B: Cosmic Principles & Virtues, #36)
Grammar (from the Tarocchi, series C: Liberal Arts, #21)
Polyhymnia (heroic hymns) (from the Tarocchi series D: Apollo and the Muses, #15)
Urania (astronomy) (from the Tarocchi series D: Apollo and the Muses, #12)
The Merchant (from the Tarocchi, series E: Conditions of Man, #4)
The Deities: Nox
Saturn (from the Tarocchi, series A: Firmaments of the Universe, #47)
Tarocchi
The Knight (from the Tarocchi, series E: Conditions of Man, #6)
Thalia (comedy, pastoral poetry) (from the Tarocchi series D: Apollo and the Muses, #16)
Melpomene (tragedy) (from the Tarocchi series D: Apollo and the Muses, #17)
Study for the Nude Youth over the Prophet Daniel (recto); Figure Studies for the Sistine Ceiling (verso)
The Flaying of Marsyas
Studies of Hands (recto)
Adoration of the Magi
The Virgin and Child
Poros Assailed by the Macedonian Army (recto); Sketches of Animals (verso)
Three Studies of Angels for a Pendentive (recto)
Lower Half of Skeleton from the Front
Two Studies of a Flayed Man (recto)
Farmhouse on the Slope of a Hill
Farm with Trees in a Hilly Landscape
Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist
Design for Glass Painting: Man and Woman in Architectural Setting
Head of an Old Woman
The Agony in the Garden
Two Studies of a Flayed Man (recto) Study of a Flayed Torso (verso)
Design for Two Vases and an Ornament (recto)
Partial Architectural Study (verso)
Grotesque with a Satyr Feeding a Dragon (recto)
Architectural Sketch (verso)
Copy after Giulio Romano's Fall of Icarus
Apollo and the Muses Awakened by the Call of Fame
Three Studies of Angels for a Pendentive (recto); Studies for Christ Meeting His Mother on the Road to Calvary, Studies of an Angel in a Pendentive (verso)
The Entombment
Arm Bones
Copy after Primaticcio's Juno Awakening Sleep
Dragon in foliage with lion and phoenix heads
Copy of Raphael's Massacre of the Innocents
Hercules Resting (recto); Footed Vessel with Handle (verso)
Head of a Man in a Cap
Romulus and Remus Found by Faustulus (recto)
The Dead Christ
The Verification of the True Cross
Joseph and Child (recto); Fragment of Two Figures (verso)
Profile of a Woman's Head (recto) A Kitchen Maid (verso)
Design for Two Vases, Two Coats of Arms, and a Bull (recto) Several Line Borders (verso)
Study of a Flayed Torso (verso)
Saint Jerome and Saint Catherine of Alexandria Standing in a Landscape
Study of Heads (recto); Crenelated Fortress (verso)
View of a Castle (recto)
Two Bohemian Peasants in Half-Length
Sketches of Animals (verso)
Portrait of a Man
The Judgment of Paris
Rib Cages
Design for a Crozier
Cupid Drawing His Bow
Head of a Man
Saint Jerome in a Landscape
Fragment of Two Figures (verso)
Madonna and Child
Hercules Resting (recto)
Chariot Drawn by Lions with Amorini (recto)
Saint Christopher
Landscape with a Moated Village
Three Studies of a Woman Wearing an Elaborate Headdress
Sketches of Virgin and Child
Various Sketches of the Madonna and Child (recto)
Genre Scene of Young Men Playing a Game
Design for a Wall Decoration with Pasted-in Sketches after Raphael (verso)
River Landscape with Boats
The Flight into Egypt
Copy of Tintoretto's Children of Israel Gathering Manna
Study of Heads (recto)
Bust of a Woman (recto); Head of a Man, Two Studies of a Woman's Profile, and a Study of An Angel (verso)
The Meeting of Joachim and Anna
Allegorical Figure (recto and verso)
Concentric Circles (verso)
Skeleton
Design for Decorative Hinges (recto) Border Lines (verso)
Virgin and Child with St. Catherine of Alexandria and Saint Anne (?)
Farm with Trees in a Hilly Landscape (recto)
Saint Peter Martyr
Laocoön (recto); Battle of the Milvian Bridge (fragment) (verso)
Half-Length Skeleton in Profile
Copy of an Antique Statue of a Standing Woman (two views), over a Sketch of a Putto
St. George and the Dragon
Design for a Chalice (recto)
Dead Blue Roller
Man Seated on the Ground, Seen from Behind (recto); Sketch (verso)
Design for a Chalice (recto) Architectural Plan (verso)
Justice
Two Sketches of a Mother and Child (verso)
Grotesque with a Satyr Feeding a Dragon (recto); Grotesque with a Leaping Centaur (verso)
Flying Cupid
Apollo Flaying Marsyas (recto)
Temptation of Saint Anthony
The Parable of the Tribute Money
The Annunciation
Various Sketches of the Madonna and Child (recto); Architectural Studies (verso) [partially visible on recto]
The Risen Christ Adored by Saints and Angels
Design for Two Vases, Two Coats of Arms, and a Bull (recto)
An Angel Supporting Two Escutcheons
Bust of a Woman (recto)
Three Male Nudes
Jonah Cast Out by the Whale onto the Shore of Nineveh
Crenelated Fortress (verso)
Man in Armor beside a Chariot
Man Entwined by Two Snakes
Apollo with Erato and Cupid
Ascension of Christ
The Apostles Gathered Around the Tomb of the Virgin
Sketch of a Child's Head (verso)
The Nativity with the Dream of Joseph
Narcissus
St. Jerome in His Study
Head of a Man, Two Studies of a Woman's Profile, and a Study of An Angel (verso)
Poros Assailed by the Macedonian Army (recto)
Victorious Soldiers with Trophy
Design for Two Vases and an Ornament (recto); Sketches of Five Arms and a Head (verso)
Saint Sebastian
The Three Theological Virtures: Faith, Hope, and Charity, Surrounded by the Four Evangelists
Allegorical Figure (recto)
Grotesque with a Leaping Centaur (verso)
Un Hebreo, from Christ Shown to the People (recto)
Copy of a Roman Statue of a Seated Woman
The Unrepentant Thief
The River God Tiber (Study for a fresco, Miracle of the Snow, or the Foundation of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome in the Canigiani chapel of S. Felicita, Florence)
Design for a Frieze with a Putto and Acanthus Leaves
Three Scenes from the Passion of Christ (recto); Architectural Sketch (verso)
Laocoön (recto)
The Funeral of Saint Stephen
Madonna and Child in Glory above Three Saints
Man's Head from the Back
The Last Judgment
Balaam and the Ass
A Kitchen Maid (verso)
A Lady with Three Suitors
Un Hebreo, from Christ Shown to the People (recto); Design for a Wall Decoration with Pasted-in Sketches after Raphael (verso)
Design for a Candelabrum, Allegorical Figure of Abundance, Ornamental Relief Design
Man Seated on the Ground, Seen from Behind (recto)
Study for the Nude Youth over the Prophet Daniel (recto)
Armored Figure on Horseback
Profile of a Woman's Head (recto)
Ceres
Aeneas Saving Anchises at the Fall of Troy
Romulus and Remus Found by Faustulus (recto) Concentric Circles (verso)
Torsos with Rib Cages
Two Standing Saints
Elevation for Wall Decoration
Opening Pages from Valerius Maximus's Facta et dicta memorabilia
View of a Castle (recto); Eight-Sided Cup (verso)
Studies of a Naked Seated Boy
Allegorical Figure (verso)
Studies for Christ Meeting His Mother on the Road to Calvary, Studies of an Angel in a Pendentive (verso)
Studies of a Seated Female, Child's Head, and Three Studies of a Baby
Three Scenes from the Passion of Christ (recto)
The Transfiguration (recto); Study of Hands (verso)
Flowering Bush above an Eroded Bank
Upper Half of Skeleton from the Back
Head of a Young Man
Rearing Horse and Rider
Virgin and Child with Saint John (recto)
Several Line Borders (verso)
Architectural Plan (verso)
Sketches of Five Arms and a Head (verso)
Studies of Hands (recto); Sketch of a Child's Head (verso)
Sketch (verso)
Footed Vessel with Handle (verso)
Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria
Joseph and Child (recto)
Lower Half of Skeleton from the Back
Opening Page of Book VIII of Valerius Maximus's Facta et dicta memorabilia
Chariot Drawn by Lions with Amorini (recto) Partial Architectural Study (verso)