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Lecture: New Light on the Persian Paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago
September 13, 2012
6:00PM–7:00PM
Price Auditorium
Free with museum admission
Sheila Canby, Metropolitan Museum of Art, explores Persian paintings from the Art Institute’s permanent collection.
Sponsored by the Community Associates
Iran, Tabriz. King Anushirwan and the Owls, circa 1535. Samuel L. Nickerson Fund.

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