Islamic, Indian Paintings To Be Shown at Sackler

The special traveling exhibition "Princes, Poets and Paladins: Islamic and Indian Paintings from the Collection of Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan" opened last week at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum and will be on view through Aug. 9.

The Sackler Museum is the only U.S. venue to host the exhibition. One hundred forty-six paintings and manuscripts will be displayed that range in date from the 14th to the early 20th century and come from Iran, Turkey, and India. Many of the paintings are illustrations from manuscripts produced by teams of scribes, illuminators, gilders, painters, binders and their assistants. Also included are portraits and depictions of animal, plants and scenes from daily life, which were placed in albums of painting and calligraphy. Princes, Poets and Paladins was organized by the British Museum and is accompanied by a catalogue written by the exhibition curator, Sheila R. Canby, assistant keeper, Department of Oriental Antiquities. The exhibition is organized at the Harvard University Art Museums by Mary McWilliams, associate curator, and Rochelle Kessler, acting assistant curator, in the Department of Islamic and Later Indian Art. The Sackler Museum is located at 485 Broadway.