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Matchless Pieces · 58,583 artists & workshops

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Painters, illuminators, calligraphers and makers — from ancient Thebes to the Ottoman Nakkaşhane, Safavid Tabriz, Mughal Lahore and the modern age.

Assault on a castle (detail). From a lost manuscript. Iran, circa 1500 — c.1500 artist, Iran

c.1500 artist, Iran

Enthronement of a Prince, from the Mantık at-Tayr of Attar, dated 1515 (Istanbul, Topkapı Palace Museum, E.H. 1512, fol. 84a), color — c.1515 Ottoman artist

c.1515 Ottoman artist

Zahhak and Feridun, from the Tercüme-i Şahname, c. 1530 (Istanbul, Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi, H.1116, fol. 14b) — c.1530 Ottoman artist

c.1530 Ottoman artist

The Meeting of Kay-Qobād with His Brother Kay-Kāvus (fol. 43v, overleaf). Painting and calligraphy attributed here to Mozaffar-Ali. Province of Isfahan, ca. 1531 — c.1531

Likely depiction of Soltanum. The Princely Lovers, attributable to Mirza Ali. Qazvin, circa 1544 — c.1544 artist Mirza Ali

c.1544 artist Mirza Ali

Genoa, Tarih-i Feth-i Şikloş ve Estergon ve İstunibelgrad, Matrakçı Nasuh, c. 1545, Topkapı Palace Museum Library, H.1608, ff.32b-33a — c.1545, Matrakçı Nasuh

c.1545, Matrakçı Nasuh

Sultan Orhan (detail) after the Battle of Koyunhisar, from the Şahname-i Al-i Osman of Arifi, volume IV, transcribed by Mirza Huy-i Şirazi, c. 1558 (Private Collection, fol. 76a) — c.1558 Ottoman artist

c.1558 Ottoman artist

Musketeer in Fol 64. Bandits attack the caravan of Aynie and Ria; Haft Awrang, Jami, Freer & Sackler Gallery — c.1560

Enthronement of a King, from the Tercüme-i Şahname, c. 1560-1570 (İstanbul, Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi, н. 1522, fol. 494b) — c.1560-1570 Ottoman artist

c.1560-1570 Ottoman artist

Div Sultan Rumlu in summer quarters in Lar in 1525. Hasan Rumlu, Ahsan al-tawarikh, f. 117r (National Library of Russia, St Petersburg, ms. PNS 92) — c.1578

Yusuf et Zulaykha, MS Or 4122, f.155b, c.1580 (cropped) — c.1580 artist

c.1580 artist

A qizilbash and his steed entangled by a dragon. mid 16th century. MS M.386.6r — c.1600

Timur Handing the Crown to Babur in the Presence of Humayun by Govardhan, c. 1630, from the Minto Album. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. IM 8-1925 — c.1630

In Karachi (Pakistan) wordt van de kameelwagen gebruik gemaakt om de pakketten af te leveren — C.A.R.E. Publicity Department

C.A.R.E. Publicity Department

C.A.S.? · American painter

C.F. Høyer1775–1855 · Danish painter (1775-1855)

The Sportsman's Dream — C.F. Senior

C.F. Seniorpainter

Felicità Forconi — C.H.

C.H.draftsperson

Untitled — C.H. Freeman

C.H. FreemanC. H. Freeman — American, late 19th century

Horse Head Hitching Post — C.H. Hastings

C.H. HastingsAmerican, active c. 1935

Untitled — C.H. Shute & Son

C.H. Shute & SonAmerican, active 1880s

Untitled — C.H. Wareham

C.H. WarehamC. H. Wareham — American, active late 19th century

C.J.B. Chatelain? · French engraver

C.K.London, England

C.L. Haverkamp1725–1775 · Dutch painter

C.L. Woodhouse? · American painter

C.O. Zeuthen1812–1890 · Danish painter (1812-1890)

Det nye værft på Christianshavn — C.V.

C.V.Danish 1630 1743

C.V.M. Jensen1819–1882 · Danish painter (1819-1882)

Portrait of a Woman — C.W. Nichols

C.W. NicholsAmerican, 1825 - 1896

Pa. German Pie Dish — C.W. Perky

C.W. PerkyAmerican, active c. 1935

Red-Figure Bail Amphora (Storage Vessel): Draped Women — CA Painter, Walters Sub-group

CA Painter, Walters Sub-groupCA Painter, Walters Sub-group (South Italian, Campanian, active at Cumae,…

The New King Paraded around the Town on a White Elephant. Kalila and Dimna, 1410-1425, reused by Baysunghur in Herat in 1431. Topkaki Saray Museum, H.362, fol. 169r — Ca. 1410 painter

Ca. 1410 painter

Bāyezid II dispatches envoys to his brother Jam Soltān (Malekzāda Āhi, Shāh-nāma, fol. 36b) — ca. 1495 artist

ca. 1495 artist

Bayezid-Selim (miniature) — ca. 1525-30 artist

ca. 1525-30 artist

Army in the steppe, Tarikh-i Abu l-khayr Khan by Kuhistani, ca. 1540 AD, Tachkent, Biruni Institute, ms. n°9989 f. 138b — ca. 1540, Tachkent artist

ca. 1540, Tachkent artist

Selim II watching the Imperial Council; below the author, artists and scribes of the manuscript Şehnāme-i Selīm Ḫān ca. 1571 (The British Library Or. 7043, fol. 7b) — ca. 1571 artist

ca. 1571 artist

Portrait of Qilich Khan Turani, Folio from the Shah Jahan Album. Painting by La'lchand. ca. 1640 (cropped) — ca. 1640

Ismail I at the Battle of Chaldiran (1514) — Ca. 1690 painter

Ca. 1690 painter

Cabral Teive1816–1863 · Brazilian painter (1816-1863)

Cabu

Cabu1938–2015 · French comic strip artist and caricaturist (1938-2015)

Three Colours: Red [Екслибрис] — Cabuk, Ibrahim

Cabuk, Ibrahim

Caciporé Torres1935 · Brazilian sculptor

Trébizonde - Mosquée de Sainte-Sophie. — Cacoulis, K.E.

Cacoulis, K.E.

Andreea Cacovean - national, Balkan, European and world gymnastics champion — Cacovean, Andrea

Cacovean, Andrea

Cadmo Fausto de Sousa? · Brazilian painter

Caesar van Everdingen

Caesar van Everdingen1616–1678 · Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1616–1678)

Caetano Alberto Nunes de Almeida1795

Caetano Costa Lima

Caetano Costa Lima1835–1898 · Portuguese painter (1835–1898)

David and Goliath — Cagnacci, Guido

Cagnacci, GuidoItalian 1601 1681

Cagnaccio di San Pietro

Cagnaccio di San Pietro1897–1946 · Italian painter (1897-1946)

Cai Guo-Qiang

Cai Guo-Qiang1957 · Chinese installation artist (born 1957)

Cai Jing

Cai Jing1047–1126 · Grand Chancellor of Emperor Huizong of Norther Song…

Cai Xiang

Cai Xiang1012–1067 · Chinese calligrapher-architect (1012–1067)

Cai Yong

Cai Yong133–192 · Chinese official and scholar (132-192)

Hardovin Mansart — Cainé, Simoneau

Cainé, Simoneau

Kristus i Ghetsemane have ? — Cairo, Francesco del

Cairo, Francesco delItalian 1598 1674

Caitlin Cronenberg

Caitlin Cronenberg1984 · Canadian photographer and director

Caius Gabriel Cibber

Caius Gabriel Cibber1630–1700 · British artist (1630–1700)

Saint Sebastian — Cajés, Eugenio

Cajés, EugenioSpanish 1575 1634

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