Verso Collection (page 7)

Bridge Gate verso 1600 Abraham Bloemaert Dutch
Bridge and Gate (verso), c. 1600. Abraham Bloemaert (Dutch, 1564-1651). Pen and brown ink and brush and brown, red, green, yellow and blue wash

Deposition recto verso second half 18th century
The Deposition (recto) and (verso), second half 18th century. Christian Wink (German, 1738-1797). Pen and brown ink over black chalk; sheet: 18.9 x 26.8 cm (7 7/16 x 10 9/16 in.)

Jacob Laban Rachel Leah recto Sketch Two Men
Jacob and Laban with Rachel and Leah (recto) Sketch of Two Men and Other Various Figures (verso), 1600s. Italy, Bologna, 17th century. Red chalk; sheet: 21.3 x 29.2 cm (8 3/8 x 11 1/2 in.)

Joseph Child recto Fragment Two Figures verso
Joseph and Child (recto); Fragment of Two Figures (verso), 16th century. Italy, 16th century. Red chalk; sheet: 12 x 9.1 cm (4 3/4 x 3 9/16 in.); image: 11.3 x 8.5 cm (4 7/16 x 3 3/8 in.)

Fragment Two Figures verso 16th century Italy
Fragment of Two Figures (verso), 16th century. Italy, 16th century. Red chalk; sheet: 12 x 9.1 cm (4 3/4 x 3 9/16 in.)

Battle Milvian Bridge fragment verso 1500s Italy
Battle of the Milvian Bridge (fragment) (verso), 1500s. Italy, 16th century. Etching; sheet: 27.4 x 24.4 cm (10 13/16 x 9 5/8 in.)

Laocoon recto Battle Milvian Bridge fragment
Laocoon (recto); Battle of the Milvian Bridge (fragment) (verso), second half 16th Century. Italy, 16th century. Pen and brown ink; sheet: 27.4 x 24.4 cm (10 13/16 x 9 5/8 in.)

Sketches Castles verso 1600s Netherlands 17th century
Sketches of Castles (verso), 1600s. Netherlands, 17th century. Pen and brown ink, with framing lines in brown ink (iron gall); sheet: 6.9 x 14.8 cm (2 11/16 x 5 13/16 in.)

Rocky Inlet Boats Buildings recto Sketches Castles
Rocky Inlet with Boats and Buildings (recto); Sketches of Castles (verso), 1600s. Netherlands, 17th century. Pen and brown ink, point of brush and black and gray wash

Sketch Village verso 18th century France Red chalk
Sketch of a Village (verso), 18th century?. France, 18th century (?). Red chalk; sheet: 26.9 x 36.9 cm (10 9/16 x 14 1/2 in.)

Group Six Children recto Sketch Village verso
Group of Six Children (recto); Sketch of a Village (verso), 1700s(?). France, 18th century (?). Red crayon over traces of black chalk; sheet: 26.9 x 36.9 cm (10 9/16 x 14 1/2 in.)

Figures Landscape verso 1919 Jean Louis Forain
Figures in a Landscape (verso), c. 1919. Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852-1931). Black crayon; sheet: 37.6 x 53.1 cm (14 13/16 x 20 7/8 in.)

Devastated Land recto Figures Landscape verso
Devastated Land (recto); Figures in a Landscape (verso), c. 1919. Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852-1931). Gray wash, watercolor, and gouache; sheet: 37.6 x 53.1 cm (14 13/16 x 20 7/8 in.)

Der Schatzbehalter Christ Caiaphas verso 1491
Der Schatzbehalter: Christ before Caiaphas (verso), 1491. Michael Wolgemut (German, 1434-1519). Woodcut

Sketch verso 1500s Italy 16th century Brush black wash
Sketch (verso), 1500s. Italy, 16th century. Brush and black wash; sheet: 15.7 x 14.8 cm (6 3/16 x 5 13/16 in.)

Sketch Childs Head verso 1586 Carletto Caliari
Sketch of a Childs Head (verso), c. 1586. Carletto Caliari (Italian, 1570-1596). Black chalk with pen and brown ink (unrelated to childs head); sheet: 27.5 x 17.8 cm (10 13/16 x 7 in.)

Man Seated Ground recto Sketch verso 1500s Italy
Man Seated on the Ground, Seen from Behind (recto); Sketch (verso), 1500s. Italy, 16th century. Brush and black wash heightened with traces of white gouache; sheet

Sketches Five Arms Head verso mid 1500s Luzio Romano
Sketches of Five Arms and a Head (verso), mid 1500s. Luzio Romano (Italian, active 1528-75). Pen and brown ink over black chalk; sheet: 31.6 x 21.6 cm (12 7/16 x 8 1/2 in.)

Reconquered Territory recto Two Figures Road
Reconquered Territory (recto) Two Figures on a Road (verso), c. 1919. Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852-1931). Black wash and watercolor over black crayon; sheet: 37 x 53.1 cm (14 9/16 x 20 7/8 in.)

Hospital recto Sketch verso fourth quarter 1800s
In the Hospital (recto) Sketch for In the Hospital (verso), fourth quarter 1800s or first third 1900s. Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852-1931)

Design Two Vases Two Coats Arms Bull recto Several Line Borders
Design for Two Vases, Two Coats of Arms, and a Bull (recto) Several Line Borders (verso), mid 1500s. Luzio Romano (Italian, active 1528-75)

Design Chalice recto Architectural Plan verso
Design for a Chalice (recto) Architectural Plan (verso), mid 1500s. Luzio Romano (Italian, active 1528-75). Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over black chalk; sheet

Design Decorative Hinges recto Border Lines verso
Design for Decorative Hinges (recto) Border Lines (verso), mid 1500s. Luzio Romano (Italian, active 1528-75). Pen and brown ink over black chalk; framing lines in brown ink (lower left)

Soldier Trench recto Reclining Woman verso 1915
Soldier in a Trench (recto) Reclining Woman (verso), 1915. Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852-1931). Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash; sheet: 20.5 x 19.1 cm (8 1/16 x 7 1/2 in.)

Untitled recto verso 1880s Skeen & Co British
Untitled (recto); Untitled (verso), 1880s. Skeen & Co. (British, active 1860-1920), Charles T. Scowen (British). Albumen print

Un Hebreo Christ Shown People recto Design Wall Decoration
Un Hebreo, from Christ Shown to the People (recto); Design for a Wall Decoration with Pasted-in Sketches after Raphael (verso), after 1556 (recto), c. 1580s-90s (verso)

Design Wall Decoration Pasted- Sketches Raphael
Design for a Wall Decoration with Pasted-in Sketches after Raphael (verso), c. 1580s-90s. Frederico Zuccaro (Italian, 1540/1-1609)

Leaf Antiphonary Text verso 1480 South Germany
Leaf from an Antiphonary: Text (verso), c. 1480. South Germany, Augsburg (?), 15th century. Ink, tempera and gold on vellum; leaf: 62.5 x 41 cm (24 5/8 x 16 1/8 in.)

Leaf Antiphonary Initial H Nativity recto Text
Leaf from an Antiphonary: Initial H with the Nativity (recto) and Text (verso), c. 1480. South Germany, Augsburg (?), 15th century

Leaf Book Hours Blank verso 1470s Flanders Ghent
Leaf from a Book of Hours: Blank (verso), 1470s. Flanders, Ghent (?), 15th century. Ink, tempera and gold on vellum; leaf: 17.9 x 12.5 cm (7 1/16 x 4 15/16 in.)

Leaf Book Hours Nativity recto Text verso 1430
Leaf from a Book of Hours: The Nativity (recto) and Text (verso), c. 1430. Northeastern France, 15th century. Ink, tempera and gold on vellum; leaf: 17 x 12.5 cm (6 11/16 x 4 15/16 in.)

Leaf Book Hours Sts Genevieve Catherine
Leaf from a Book of Hours: Sts. Genevieve, Catherine of Alexandria, and Margaret (recto) and Text (verso), c. 1415. Workshop of Boucicaut Master (French, Paris, active about 1410-25)

Leaf Book Hours Text verso 1410-20 Boethius Illuminator
Leaf from a Book of Hours: Text (verso), c. 1410-20. Boethius Illuminator (French). Ink, tempera and gold on vellum; leaf: 17 x 12.1 cm (6 11/16 x 4 3/4 in.)

Leaf Book Hours Text verso 1430 Northeastern France
Leaf from a Book of Hours: Text (verso), c. 1430. Northeastern France, 15th century. Ink, tempera and gold on vellum; leaf: 17 x 12.5 cm (6 11/16 x 4 15/16 in.)

Leaf Book Hours Text verso 1415 Workshop Boucicaut Master
Leaf from a Book of Hours: Text (verso), c. 1415. Workshop of Boucicaut Master (French, Paris, active about 1410-25). Ink, tempera, silver, and gold on vellum; leaf: 16 x 11.2 cm (6 5/16 x 4 7/16 in.)

Calligraphy Lyrical Quatrains 1760 Attributed
Calligraphy of Lyrical Quatrains, c. 1760. Attributed to Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s). Ink on paper, illuminated panels of Persian poetry (verso); page

Women enjoying river forest edge 1765
Women enjoying the river at the forests edge, c. 1765. Style of Hunhar II (Indian, active mid-1700s). Opaque watercolor with gold on paper

Flowering Marigold 1765 Style Hunhar II Indian
Flowering Marigold, c. 1765. Style of Hunhar II (Indian, active mid-1700s). Opaque watercolor with gold on paper, narrow border of gold foliate meander (verso); page

Calligraphy 1702 Ahmad al-Husaini Gold blue paper
Calligraphy, 1702. Ahmad al-Husaini. Gold on blue paper, four lines of thuluth calligraphy (verso); page: 28.2 x 24.1 cm (11 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.)

Calligraphy ghazal Fakhr al-Din Iraqi Persian
Calligraphy from a ghazal of Fakhr al-Din Iraqi (Persian, 1213-1289) and a verse from the Tuhfat al-ahrar (The Gift of the Free) of Abd al-Rahman Jami, c. 1760

Posthumous portrait Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah
Posthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719-1748) holding a falcon (recto); Calligraphy (verso), 1764

Calligraphic exercises verses Hafiz Persian 1325–1389
Calligraphic exercises and verses of Hafiz (Persian, about 1325-1389), 1575-76. Mahmud ibn Ishaq al-Shahabi (Persian, active mid- to late 1500s)

Calligraphy Quatrain 1760 India Farrukhabad Mughal
Calligraphy of a Quatrain, c. 1760. India, Farrukhabad, Mughal, 18th century. Ink on paper, four lines of Persian poetry (verso); page: 28.2 x 20.2 cm (11 1/8 x 7 15/16 in.)

A prince celebrating Holi palace women terrace
A prince celebrating Holi with palace women on a terrace at night; verso: calligraphy of a quatrain, c. 1760. India, Farrukhabad, Mughal, 18th century

A blindfolded suitor princess verso scrolling floral vines
A blindfolded suitor is brought before a princess; verso: scrolling floral vines, 1755. Fayzullah (Indian, active c. 1730-1765)

Scrolling Floral Vines 1755 Fayzullah Indian
Scrolling Floral Vines, 1755. Fayzullah (Indian, active c. 1730-1765). Opaque watercolor with gold on paper (verso)

Stenciled Scenes Lion Gazelle 1710 India Mughal
Stenciled Scenes of Lion and Gazelle, c. 1710. India, Mughal, early 18th century. Ink and gold on pink-speckled paper (verso); page: 43 x 28.9 cm (16 15/16 x 11 3/8 in.)

A princess terrace attendants night recto Calligraphy
A princess on a terrace with attendants at night (recto); Calligraphy (verso), c. 1760. India, Farrukhabad, Mughal, 18th century

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"Unveiling the Enigmatic Verso: A Glimpse into Art, Literature, and History" Step into a world where artistry intertwines with history, as we explore the captivating realm of "verso. " In this enigmatic journey, we encounter an array of intriguing elements that unlock tales from centuries past. At first glance, our eyes are drawn to the Madonna and Child, accompanied by Saint John the Baptist in the upper left corner. This delicate portrayal evokes a sense of divine serenity and maternal love. Adjacent to it lies a miniature silhouette of Captain Alfred Arnold Ernest Gyde—a mysterious figure whose story remains shrouded in secrecy. As we delve deeper into this mesmerizing collection, our gaze is captured by a lotus flower in full bloom—an emblem of purity and enlightenment. Its presence transports us to Mantova (Mantua), Italy—a place where beauty flourishes amidst historical grandeur. Scrolling floral vines gracefully dance across another fragmentary piece created by Fayzullah—an Indian artist who left his mark on 18th-century art. The intricate details speak volumes about his mastery and dedication to his craft. Amongst these artistic treasures lies an intriguing preface to Martial's Epigrammata written by Merula—an invitation into ancient Roman wit and satire. As if whispering secrets from distant times, this literary gem offers glimpses into society's humor during that era. A legal text emerges from fragments—its purpose once integral within judicial proceedings now reduced to mere remnants. Justinian's Codex appears before us like scattered puzzle pieces; Book V. XIII tantalizes with its hidden wisdom while Book IIII. XX teases us with its elusive contents. From literature to law, even Euripides' Medea makes her presence felt through fragmented lines—a haunting reminder of her tragic tale that continues to captivate audiences today. Amidst these fragments lie lists—perhaps inventories or records of a bygone era.