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MatchlessPieces

Matchless Pieces · 28,484 artists & workshops

The Masters · U

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

Nizami's Iskandarnamah — Unknown Calligrapher – Writer : Nizami

Unknown Calligrapher – Writer : Nizami

Shahnameh - A battle between the forces of Naudar and Afrasiyab — Unknown Calligrapher – Writer : Persian poet Ferdowsi

Unknown Calligrapher – Writer : Persian poet Ferdowsi

Surah 29al ankabut6inchx300dpi — Unknown calligrapher of Ottoman Empire (physical object); fendt1 (Josef Fendt) (

Unknown calligrapher of Ottoman Empire (physical object); fendt1 (Josef Fendt) (

Gouache drawing of Akali Phula Singh seated on a chair and clutching a sword, bearing a Perso-Arabic identifying inscription at the top margin — Unknown Company artist

Unknown Company artist

Head of a Child — Unknown Cremonese

Unknown CremoneseUnknown Artist — Italian. mid-16th centlury

Æreskrans for den gudsfrygtige tjenestepige Susanne — Unknown Danish

Unknown DanishDanish

Ung stud — Unknown Dutch

Unknown DutchDutch

Qur'anic Bifolio in Muhaqqaq Script — Unknown Egyptian or Syrian

Unknown Egyptian or Syrian

Seated Male Nude with Outstretched Left Arm — Unknown Emilian

Unknown EmilianUnknown Artist (Italian, late 16th century) — or possibly after…

Våbentrofæ — Unknown Flemish

Unknown FlemishFlemish

Concert Scene — Unknown Florentine

Unknown FlorentineFlorentine or North Italian — Late 16th Century

Brystbillede af en ung mand, en face til venstre. Han har allongeparyk og et løst knyttet halstørklæde — Unknown French

Unknown FrenchFrench

Caryatid (recto); Three Sketches: Two Caryatids, Pair of Putti Standing on Globe (verso) — Unknown Genoese

Unknown GenoeseUnknown Artist — Genoese, 17th century

En lærd med bog — Unknown German

Unknown GermanGerman

Painting of Prophet Muhammad ascending to Heaven whilst riding the Buraq, Guler, Pahari, India, ca.1800 — Unknown Hindu Pahari painter

Unknown Hindu Pahari painter

Illuminated Border — Unknown illuminator

Unknown illuminatorEuropean

Rama, Lakshmana, and Sita Cooking and Eating in the Wilderness — Unknown Indian

Unknown Indian

The Marriage of Krishna and Rukmini — Unknown Indian (Bikaner)

Unknown Indian (Bikaner)

Sketch of Ceiling Decoration — Unknown Italian

Unknown ItalianUnknown Artist — Italian, 18th century

Maharaja Bakhat Singh scene — Unknown Jodhpur court artist

Unknown Jodhpur court artist

Juno med sin vogn og Saturn(?) på vej henover skyerne — Unknown KKS

Unknown KKSunknown

Saints Peter and Paul — Unknown Lombard

Unknown LombardArtist unknown — Lombard, late 16th century

Untitled (Portrait of a Standing Man) — Unknown Maker

Unknown MakerUnknown maker — American, 19th century

Painting of a devi (goddess) among the flames, Mandi, Pahari, ca.1700–1725 — Unknown Mandi artist

Unknown Mandi artist

Fighting Warriors — Unknown Mantovan

Unknown MantovanUnknown Artist — Italian, Mantuan, late 16th century

A monastic saint in the act of blessing surrounded by a crowd — Unknown Marchegian

Unknown MarchegianItalian

Angel Appearing to Saint Francis of Assisi, with Saint John the Baptist in the Background (recto); Saint Francis Supported by Two Angels, with Sketch of Upper Portion of Monk's Habit — Unknown Marchigian

Unknown MarchigianUnknown Italian — Marchigian, Late 16th century

Assumption of the Virgin — Unknown Milanese

Unknown MilaneseItalian — Second half of the 16th Century

Ghazan with wife at his court — Unknown Mongol author

Unknown Mongol author

Elephant Combat - Mughal Painting, 19th Century — Unknown mughal painter

Unknown mughal painter

Spandrel Design for Coronation of Virgin — Unknown Münchener

Unknown MünchenerUnknown Artist (possibly German or Sienese, 16th century) — or…

Painting of Guru Har Rai holding a flower, Pahari style, painted by a Muslim, artwork preserved by the family of Bidhi Chand Chhina — Unknown Muslim painter

Unknown Muslim painter

Israelites in the Wilderness — Unknown Neapolitan

Unknown NeapolitanUnknown Artist (Italian, possibly Neopolitan, 18th century) — or possibly…

Et skrækslagent ægtepar — Unknown Netherlandish

Unknown NetherlandishNetherlandish

Return of the Prodigal Son — Unknown Northern Italian

Unknown Northern ItalianUnknown Artist (North Italian, 1500-1599) — possibly Giuseppe Caletti (Italian,…

Flag of the Second East Turkestan Republic (golden shahada) — Unknown original designer; commissioned by the government of the (Second) East T

Unknown original designer; commissioned by the government of the (Second) East T

Siege of Belgrade (1456), Ottoman miniature — unknown ottoman painter

unknown ottoman painter

Hunername accession Mehmed II — unknown ottoman Painter

unknown ottoman Painter

Mehter detail Hazine 1339 folio 103b — Unknown painter

Unknown painter

Sueleymanname akinci — unknown painter

unknown painter

Becse 1551 — Unknown Painter 16th century

Unknown Painter 16th century

Xosrov bəylik taxtında — Unknown painter from Baku

Unknown painter from Baku

Fərhad Xosrovun qəbulunda — Unknown painter from Isphahan

Unknown painter from Isphahan

2. AN, The Capture of the Fort at Gadhi, right half — unknown painter from the Mughal workshop

unknown painter from the Mughal workshop

Amir Khusraw Dihlavi, W.624.112b — unknown painter from the Mughal workshop in Lahore

unknown painter from the Mughal workshop in Lahore

Sufis Performing Sama (CBL Per 163.6) — Unknown painter in Herat, 15. Century

Unknown painter in Herat, 15. Century

Swami Haridasa with Tansen and Akbar at Vrindavana title QS:P1476,en:"Swami Haridasa with Tansen and Akbar at Vrindavana "label QS:Len,"Swami Haridasa with Tansen and Akbar at Vrin — unknown painter in Rajasthani miniature style

unknown painter in Rajasthani miniature style

Khamsa of Amir Khusraw, W.624.44b — unknown painter in the Mughal workshop

unknown painter in the Mughal workshop

Amir Khusrau, Khamsa W.624, fol. 135a, Kanifu revealed as a woman — unknown painter of the Mughal workshop

unknown painter of the Mughal workshop

Amir Khusraw presents a book to Ala'uddin Khalji, S1986.213 — unknown painter probably from Herat (see John Seyller: Pearls of the Parrot of I

unknown painter probably from Herat (see John Seyller: Pearls of the Parrot of I

Mlke gospel — Unknown painter.

Unknown painter.

Couple in a landscape - Persian painting (c. 1605-1610) — Unknown Persian painter

Unknown Persian painter

Gold-watch-located-at-the-Criminal-Police-burglary-department-awaits-its-owner-352033273056 — Unknown photographer

Unknown photographer

Tomb of Pope Gregory XIV in Saint Peter's — Unknown Roman

Unknown RomanUnknown Artist — Italian or German, n.d.

Unknown scribe

Endowment Charter ('Waqfiyya') of Haseki Hürrem Sultan (TIEM 2192)label QS:Len,"Endowment Charter ('Waqfiyya') of Haseki Hürrem Sultan (TIEM 2192)" — Unknown scribe, 16th century

Unknown scribe, 16th century

Arslan Isra'il at the court of Mahmud of Ghazni — Unknown scribe. Illustration is from a 1573/1574 manuscript of the Tarikh-e nega

Unknown scribe. Illustration is from a 1573/1574 manuscript of the Tarikh-e nega

Saint Bernardino of Siena Preaching from an Open Book — Unknown Sienese

Unknown SieneseItalian, Sienese — Late 16th century

Iskendername — unknown turkish painter

unknown turkish painter

Detail of a Salor Turkmen ceremonial camel trapping — unknown Turkmen artisan. Photo by auctioneer?

unknown Turkmen artisan. Photo by auctioneer?

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