The romance of the amir-hamza posters & prints

Hamsa's son Rustum with his mistress Mihr Afruz. India, mid-16th century Unknown

Miniature from the Dastan e-Amir Hamza Anonymous

Farhad Falls In Love With Shirin Ganjavi Nizami

Text from The Romance of Khusraw and Shirin Ganjavi Nizami

Khusraw and Shirin, from The Romance of Khusraw and Shirin Ganjavi Nizami

On the Terrace Johann Hamza

Farhad Before Khusraw, from The Romance of Khusraw and Shirin Ganjavi Nizami

Khusraw and Shirin Make Love after Marriage Ganjavi Nizami

Page from Tales of a Parrot: Twenty-fifth night: The lover of Hamnaz…, c. 1560 Unknown

Shapur Reports to Khusraw, by Ganjavi Nizami. From The Romance of Khusraw and Shirin. Iran, 17th century Ganjavi Nizami

Page from a Panj Ganj of Abd al-Rahman Jami…, 1520-1607 Mushfiq; others

Postcard of romantic vintage couple, in blue Anonymous

Romance of the Three Kingdoms, 1800s Matsumura Goshun

Scene from the play Romance of the West Chamber, by Wang Shifu, 16th century. Qiu Ying

Mohammed Alim Khan, the last Emir of Bukhara, 1911 Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky

Picturesque and Romantic Journeys in Old France: Ruins of the Palace of the White Queen, 1824 Alexandre-Evariste Fragonard

Picturesque and Romantic Travels in Old France, Picardie: The Belfry Tower of Amiens…, 1835 Louis Haghe; Thierry Brothers

Christ and the Woman of Samaria, 1715-20 Benedetto Luti

Toilette of a Roman Lady Juan Giménez Martín

Old woman, from the Dance of Death, 1651 Wenceslaus Hollar

Portrait of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor Bernard van Orley