W.582, fol. 5b, Qasîdat al-Burda (Poem of the Mantle). 17th century, Iran, ink, paint and gold on paper covered with med morocco with black leather and gilt doublures, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore In the Islamic book—the primary vehicle for literary...

Odysseus and the Sirens. Attic black-figure oinochoe, ca. 520 BCE; height 22 cm. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Antikensammlung, 1993.216; Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulterbesitz / Art Resources, NY (Ingrid Geske-Heiden). BALTIMORE, DE.- From ancient times...

Rembrandt Peale (1778–1860), Portrait of John Meer In celebration of a recent gift to the museum by a Maryland family, the Walters Art Museum presents the focus show, Rembrandt Peale’s Portrait of John Meer: A New Addition to the American Art Collection,...