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Also Known As ʿimamah • dulband

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Painter at work, detail from a folio of the Muraqqah-e Gulshan, Mughal style, early 17th century ad. In the Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin.
Hand-colored lithograph by Charles Bird King showing Shauhaunapotinia, chief of the Iowa tribe, wearing a striped turban, face paint, jewelry, and holding a red pipe.
Beatrice Cenci, oil painting by Guido Reni; in the Galleria Nazionale, Rome
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