Islamic Painting

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The Qur˒an, the Holy Book of Islam. Treasures of Islamic Manuscript Painting from the Morgan Library

A Falcon Tethered to a PerchMughal Style, Reign of Shah Jahan (r. 1628–58)ca. 1627–58Ink on paperThe

Watercolour illustrations of 9th century Abbasid wall paintings of birds  Reconstructed from fragmen

Women’s faces from a 9th century wall painting at SamarraLittle watercolour paintings show the colou

Earthenware bowl with a painting of a hare, from Egypt.  Artist unknown; Fatimid period (11th centur

Qu’ran folios (prayers in gold Thuluth within illuminated panels)Iran, Shiraz Ink, colors, and gold

Gamboling CamelsIndia, Mughal (reign of Shah Jahan)ca. 1627–58Ink on paperAlbum folio containing a d

‘A King Offers to Make Amends to a Bereaved Mother’, Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau D

Princess Humayun spies Humay at the gatefrom a Three Poems of Khwaju Kirmani. Baghdad, 1396.“H

Painting attributed to Bhawani Das aka भवानी दास (Indian, b. Patna, Bihar, India, based Kolkata (Cal

The above image is a 16th century Islamic painting of Alexander the Great exploring the Mediterranea

Anonymous Painter - بانویی با یک نیم تاج (Woman Holding a Diadem) Paintings: Oil and Glue Colors on

Vasili Silievich Vereshchagin (1842-1904) Pearl Mosque at Delhi, 1876-79 Christie’s, Russian A

Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi Salik b. Sa'id, Gilan, Iran, 1493-1494“This

Khusraw Beholding Shirin Bathing. Indian art, circa 1730. The painting is based on a romantic story,

Study of a Nilgai (Blue Bull)Mansur (active ca. 1589–1626)Folio from the Shah Jahan Albumca. 1620Ink

tartnouveau:Saki, album miniature, 1609Reza Abbasi, 1565-1635

Construction of the fort of Khavarnaq, by BihzadHerat, ca. 1494-1495 C.E.

suzani:Miniature from a copy of Firdawsi’s Shah-nama. “Isfandiyar’s Fifth Ordeal; He Must Slay the S

Folio from Kitab fi ma`arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical d

Dish with three ducks on a pond, surrounded by water weeds Mashhad, Iran, 1450-1475

Construction of the fort of Khavarnaq, by Bihzad Herat, ca. 1494-1495 C.E.

Four captive demons, attr. Muhammad Siyah Qalam (Black Pen). Iran or Central Asia, 1470–1500 W

suzani: Miniature from a copy of Firdawsi’s Shah-nama. “Isfandiyar’s Fifth Ordeal

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