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Cleveland Museum of Art

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Bearded man in blue robe holding a book beside a bowing figure, a monkey in a tree and a dog, in a rocky landscape with gold

A mendicant bowing before a holy man, from the Prince Salim Album

Basavana, c. 1585; inner border added in Allahabad c. 1602; outer border added probably 1900s

Pen and ink drawing of a prostrate figure before a standing man holding a book, beneath trees and rocks.

A holy man prostrating himself before a learned prince

Manohar, c. 1585; border added probably 1700s

Mughal miniature of a feast under a red canopy, with servants, seated men, camels, horses and a walled city behind trees.

A feast for Babur hosted by his half-brother Jahangir Mirza in Ghazni in May 1505, from a Babur-nama (Memoirs of Babur)

Basavana, c. 1589; outer margins added c. mid-1900s

Ruler seated at a feast in a striped tent with courtiers, musicians and attendants, framed by Persian text panels.

Hulagu Khan giving a feast and dispensing favor upon the amirs and princes, from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan…

Lal, c. 1596-1600

Painting of a sacrificial fire on a platform, with a warrior in red armor at center and robed figures seated around it.

Yaja and Upayaja perform a sacrifice for the emergence of Dhrishtadyumna from the fire, from Adi-parva (volume one) o…

Bilal Habshi, 1598

Mughal painting of riders and elephants capturing animals on a hillside by a river, with a town in the distance and gold-deco

Akbar supervising the capture of wild elephants at Malwa in 1564, painting 90 from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of A…

Farukh Chela, c. 1602-3; borders added c. 1700s

Persian miniature of an armored warrior striking a fallen king in a pavilion, with a garden landscape and Persian text panels

Isfandiyar slays Arjasp, the king of Turan, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934-1020)

Haidar Kashmiri, 1600-1605

Miniature painting of Zulaykha in a palace with an old woman and Joseph, surrounded by Persian calligraphy and gold borders.

Zulaykha in her palace and as an old woman with Joseph, from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Pers…

Mushfiq, Text copied by Sultan-Ali Mashhadi (Persian, 1453-1520) for Badi al-Zaman Mirza of Herat Painting, borders, and illumination by Mushfiq (Indian, active 1580s-early 1600s); Text copied in Herat; Painting, borders, and illuminations made in the Deccan for Mughal minister Abd al-Rahim the Khan Khanan

Illuminated Persian manuscript page with calligraphy in columns, gold border, and corner paintings of a white gazelle and a b

Page from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414-1492), with two Persian masnavis: Yusuf v…

Mushfiq, 1520-1607

Miniature painting of a seated ruler under a canopy receiving an envoy bowing among rocks, with courtiers and horses.

An Ambassador before Humayun

Miskin, c. 1610

Painting of armored warriors on war elephants battling in a green field beneath a block of Persian text and pink rocks.

Ghatotkacha and three demons in his company chase Bhagadatta, from Bhishma-parva (volume six) of a Razm-nama (Book of…

Fazl, 1616-17

Indian miniature of a princess on a palace terrace with attendants, a blindfolded suitor, a fountain, and a river at sunset.

A blindfolded suitor is brought before a princess; verso: scrolling floral vines

Fayzullah, 1755

Miniature painting of a blindfolded suitor brought before a princess on a palace terrace, with attendants, a fountain and a r

A blindfolded suitor is brought before a princess (recto)

Fayzullah, 1755

Women bathing in a pool below a palace with terraced gardens, with elephants, soldiers and boats in the landscape beyond.

Women bathing before an architectural panorama

Fayzullah, c. 1765

Multi-tiered Indian court painting with a seated ruler, rows of women, musicians, lovers, and a peacock beside a fountain.

Lovers and beloveds: A composite of scenes from Persian, Urdu, and Sanskrit literature

Chitarman II, c. 1735

Miniature painting of a haloed figure kneeling in a pavilion before a reader, with onlookers, fountain and floral border.

Jesus among the doctors in the Temple

Mir Kalan Khan, c. 1760

Court Lady Pouring Wine (recto)

Muhammad Rizavi Hindi, c. 1760

Court lady singing and playing the vina

Muhammad Rizavi Hindi, c. 1760

Court lady singing and playing the vina (recto)

Muhammad Rizavi Hindi, c. 1760

Hanging scroll of a woman in a kimono holding a lantern beside a weeping willow and waves.

Beauty with Fireflies

Kubo Shunman, early 1800s

Hanging scroll of a spotted deer looking up at peaches on a tree trunk, with grass, pink flowers and red seal stamps.

Symbols of Longevity: Deer under Peach and Pine (Pine) (right)

Toda Tadanaka, 1801

Hanging scroll of two spotted deer beneath a twisted pine tree, with a rocky stream and red-tinted shrubs in the foreground.

Symbols of Longevity: Deer under Peach and Pine (Peach) (left)

Toda Tadanaka, 1801

Ink landscape painting of a tall waterfall between steep mountain peaks, with small figures and pine trees by a rushing river

Nine-Dragon Falls

Han Unpyeong, late 1800s

Painting of a sunlit wood path in autumn, with trees arching overhead toward a pale blue sky opening.

Autumn, a Wood Path

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1876

Painting of a Yosemite valley with sunlit cliffs, a river, tall trees, and two travelers with a mule under dramatic clouds.

Mount Starr King, Yosemite

Albert Bierstadt, 1866

Painting of rowboats moored at a dock with figures in summer dress holding parasols, reflected in blue water.

Holiday on the Hudson

George Luks, c. 1912

Painting of a canal town with a stone arch bridge, brick houses, a church tower, moored boats, and figures on a cobbled stree

Imaginary View of Arnhem

George Andries Roth, late 1830s

Ink and color scroll of a reclining Buddha surrounded by a crowd of mourners, demons, and animals beneath trees and clouds.

Ōtsu-e Nirvana of the Buddha (Ōtsu-e Butsu Nehanzu)

Hakuen, 1800s

Painting of a boy in a straw hat fishing with a long rod beside a pond lined with reeds and trees.

Boy Fishing

Eastman Johnson, 1860s

Painting of a monastery on a cliff under glowing snowy peaks, with a lone figure walking a path through a deep valley.

The Monastery of San Pedro (Our Lady of the Snows)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1879