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Matchless Pieces · 33 works

Pittura in miniatura

Narrative painting in books and albums: Persian, Ottoman, Mughal, Rajput, Armenian and European traditions across two millennia.

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Showing 11–20 of 33 works

Süleymanname — public domain / Wikimedia Commons

Ottoman Court Painters

SüleymannameVatican Virgil — public domain / Wikimedia Commons

Late Roman Painters

Vatican VirgilParis Psalter — public domain / Wikimedia Commons

Byzantine Painters

Paris PsalterJahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings — public domain / Wikimedia Commons

Bichitr

Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to KingsPadshahnama — public domain / Wikimedia Commons

Abid & Payag

PadshahnamaGita Govinda (Kangra) — public domain / Wikimedia Commons

Nainsukh & Manaku of Guler

Gita Govinda (Kangra)Vergilius Romanus — public domain / Wikimedia Commons

Late Roman Painters

Vergilius RomanusBook of Kings Album (Murakka) — public domain / Wikimedia Commons

Mir Musavvir

Book of Kings Album (Murakka)Maqamat of al-Hariri — public domain / Wikimedia Commons

Yahya al-Wasiti

Maqamat of al-HaririTale of Genji Scrolls — public domain / Wikimedia Commons

Heian Court Painters

Tale of Genji Scrolls

The Matchless Letter

Sale previews, new discoveries in illumination and miniature, and private-room invitations.