Axial Commons Image Treasury
Grey-toned drawing of bearded men in turbans and robes below an arch, with a crowned youth holding a staff and an inscribed panel.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Frontispiece

A grey-toned drawing in chalk and white highlights shows a figure group beneath a rounded arch. A crowned youth holds a staff with a winged figure, while bearded men in turbans and robes sit below a carved inscribed panel.

Artist
Elihu Vedder
Date
1883-1884
Medium
chalk, pencil, ink, and watercolor on paper
Source
Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size
2242 × 3000 px
Download full size
Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1884).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Español: Frontispicio para el Rubaiyat de Omar Jayam, Elihu Vedder

Un dibujo de tonos grises con tiza y toques blancos muestra un grupo de figuras bajo un arco redondeado. Un joven coronado sostiene un bastón con una figura alada, mientras hombres barbudos con turbantes y túnicas se sientan debajo de un panel tallado con inscripción.

Português: Frontispício para o Rubaiyat de Omar Khayyam, Elihu Vedder

Um desenho em tons cinza, feito com giz e realces brancos, mostra um grupo de figuras sob um arco arredondado. Um jovem coroado segura um cajado com uma figura alada, enquanto homens barbudos de turbantes e túnicas sentam-se abaixo de um painel entalhado com inscrição.

More from Virtues and Allegories

White marble statue of a standing woman in flowing classical robes, with a carved lyre at her feet, on a dark marble pedestal against gray.SapphoPainting of helmeted soldiers around a cannon, with a central female figure in bright light and fiery red tones at the right edge.War (mural study, War Department building, Washington, D.C.)Dark engraved landscape of a storm with a small figure in a boat on water at lower left, rocks and bent trees, and a shaft of light through clouds.The Voyage of Life--ManhoodStatue in armor and cloak seen from behind, raising a staff under a stormy sky, with a red sunset over distant water.L' EmpereurOil painting of a dim room: three Black women in headwraps and aprons face a white woman in a dark cloak and lace collar; a seated man sits by a brick hearth.A Visit from the Old MistressOval miniature of a woman crowned with roses and fruit on blue, wearing pearls and a gold-embroidered bodice.Portret van een vrouw in maskeradekleding als Flora