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Academic Profile
Chair of Islamic Art Department at major US museum
Sample Publications
The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, 2011)
Shah `Abbas: the Remaking of Iran, British Museum Press, 2009
Islamic Art in Detail, British Museum Press, 2005
Hunt for Paradise: Court Arts of Safavid Iran, 1501-76, co-editor with Jon Thompson, Skira, 2003
The Golden Age of Persian Art, 1501-1722, British Museum Press, November 1999
Rebellious Reformer: The drawings and paintings of Riza-yi `Abbasi of Isfahan, Azimuth Editions, London, 1996
Persian Painting, British Museum Press, London, 1993
Scholarly Interests
Current Position
Patti Cadby Birch Curator in Charge, Department of Islamic Art,
Metropolitan Museum