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1279 · Western India, Gujarat, Patan (Anahillapura), reign of King Sarangadeva of the Vaghela dynasty (1275-1297)

The Monk Gautama, Enthroned: Folio 2 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya of Devachandra

Artist not recorded · gum tempera and ink on palm leaf

c. 1560 · Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

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

Basawan​ (Indian, active mid-1500s) · gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

c. 1890 · Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

The Mutiny of the Heroine Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper

c. 1457 · Spain, Catalonia, 15th century

The Nativity

Jaume Ferrer the Younger (Spanish, Catalonia died c. 1460/70) · oil, tempera, and gold on wood panel (fir)

c. 1485–90 · Flanders, Bruges

The Nativity

Gerard David (Netherlandish, 1450/60–1523) · oil on wood panel

1743 · China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

The Ninth Day Literary Gathering at Xing’an [Temporary Retreat]

Fang Shishu (Chinese, 1693–1751); Ye Fanglin (Chinese, active late 1600s–mid-1700s) · Handscroll; ink and color on silk

c. 1650–59 · Italy

The Oath of Abraham’s Servant

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609–1664) · oil on canvas

c. 1893 · America

The Old Road to the Sea

William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916) · oil on canvas

1889 · France

The Orange Christ

Maurice Denis (French, 1870–1943) · oil on board

c. 1560 · Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Eighteenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

Artist not recorded · gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

c. 1560 · Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Eighth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

Artist not recorded · gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

c. 1560 · Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Eleventh Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

Banavari 2 (Indian, active 1550s-1590s) · gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

c. 1560 · India, Mughal court, 16th century

The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Fifteenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

Artist not recorded · gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

c. 1560 · Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-third night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

Artist not recorded · gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

c. 1560 · Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Seventh Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

Artist not recorded · gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

c. 1560 · Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twelfth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

Tara 1 (Indian, active 1550s-1590s) · gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

c. 1560 · Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-second Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

Artist not recorded · gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

c. 1560 · Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-seventh Night, form a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

Artist not recorded · gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

c. 1560 · Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-sixth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

Artist not recorded · gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

c. 1560 · Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

The parrot mother cautions her young on the danger of playing with foxes, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night

Dasavanta (Indian, d. 1584) · gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

1890 · France, 19th century

The Pigeon Tower at Bellevue

Paul Cezanne (French, 1839–1906) · oil on fabric

c. 1896 · France, 19th century

The Pink Cloud

Henri-Edmond Cross (French, 1856–1910) · oil on canvas

c. 1560 · Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

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

Artist not recorded · gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

late 1400s · China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

The Poet Lin Bu Wandering in the Moonlight

Du Jin (Chinese, 1446–c. 1519) · Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper