Gallery Talk: A Tiara for the Sultan
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Harvard Art Museums
Free
Hear the little-known story behind a helmet-crown commissioned for Sultan Süleyman and rendered in print by an Italian artist.
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- Ages: Adults.
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Cost
This Event is free!
Please check in with museum staff at the Visitor Services desk in the Calderwood Courtyard to request to join the talk. Talks are limited to 18 people and are available on a first-come, first-served basis; no registration is required.
Location
- In-person only.
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States
Dates and Times
Thu, August 15 2024 12:30PM – 1PM
Additional information
Join Talitha Maria G. Schepers, curator of the exhibition Imagine Me and You, for a talk on a large-scale print of Sultan Süleyman (r. 1520–1566) wearing an elaborately decorated helmet-crown. Larger than a papal tiara, the helmet-crown was a symbol of power and legitimacy. Schepers will share how this now-lost object figures into a tale of early 16th-century Habsburg-Ottoman diplomacy. The print is on loan from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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Last updated August 1, 2024.
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