Islamic Art

293 artworks

Text page from a Materia Medica of Dioscorides

Abdallah ibn al-Fadl (Iraq), 1219

Luxury Ewer Extending Good Fortune to the Owner

Ahmad al-Dhaki al-Mawsili (Iraqi, Mosul, active early 1200s?), 1223

Folio from an Arabic translation of the Materia Medica of Dioscorides

Abdallah ibn al-Fadl (Iraq), 1224

Three physicians preparing medicine, from an Arabic translation of the Materia Medica of Dioscorides

Abdallah ibn al-Fadl (Iraq), 1224

Demon in chains

Muhammad Siya Qalam (Iranian), 1400

Illuminated folio from a Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa'di (c. 1213–1291)

Sultan 'Ali al-Mashadi (Iranian, 1430–1520), 1465

Illuminated Folio from a Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa'di (c. 1213–1291)

Sultan 'Ali al-Mashadi (Iranian, 1430–1520), 1465

Illuminated Folio from a Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa'di (c. 1213–1291)

Sultan Muhammad (Iranian), 1465

Illuminated Folio (recto) from a Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa'di (c. 1213–1291)

Sultan 'Ali al-Mashadi (Iranian, 1430–1520), 1465

Illuminated folio (recto) from a Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa'di (c. 1213–1291)

Sultan 'Ali al-Mashadi (Iranian, 1430–1520), 1465

Left side of a double-page album folio: Outside a Royal Encampment (recto) and Calligraphy, Persian Verses (verso)

Bihzad (Iranian, active 1470–1506), 1475

Left side of a double-page album folio: Outside a Royal Encampment (recto)

Bihzad (Iranian, active 1470–1506), 1480

Persian Quatrains (Rubayi) and Calligraphic Exercises (recto); Persian Verse (khamriyya) (verso)

Sultan Muhammad Khandan (Iranian, d. after 1550), 1500

Persian Quatrains (Rubayi) and Calligraphic Exercises (recto)

Sultan Muhammad Khandan (Iranian, d. after 1550), 1500

Illuminated folio (verso) from a Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa'di (c. 1213–1291)

Sultan 'Ali al-Mashadi (Iranian, 1430–1520), 1515

Rustam's seventh course: He kills the White Div, folio 124 from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020)

Mir Musavvir (Iranian, c. 1510–1555), 1520

Page from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020)

Mir Musavvir (Iranian, c. 1510–1555), 1520

Rustam's seventh course: He kills the White Div, folio 124 from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020)

Abd al-Vahhab (Persian, active about 1516), 1522

Dragon in foliage with lion and phoenix heads

Sahkulu (Turkish, active 1526–56), 1526

Camel and Groom; Single Page Illustration

Shaykh Muhammad (Iranian), 1540

Picnic in the Mountains; Single Page Illustration

Muhammadi (Iranian), 1550

Persian Couplets (recto); Sleeping Youth (verso)

Riza-yi Abbasi (Iranian), 1575

Aulad Tied to a Plane Tree, from a Shahnama by Firdausi

Sadiqi Bek (Iranian, 1533–1609), 1575

Youth Seated by a Willow; Single Page Illustration

Muhammad Yusuf (Iranian), 1600