For over forty years, the Harvard University Art Museums have been the grateful beneficiaries of John Goelet’s discerning taste and generosity. In celebration, this exhibition will feature a small sampling of Mr. Goelet’s gifts. Forty-three works from Ottoman Turkey, Mughal India, and Iran during the Timurid, Turkman and Safavid periods will be highlighted in the exhibition.

Additional works on view will include examples of Ottoman ceramic tiles from the town of Iznik, Turkey, dating to the sixteenth century; an enormous military banner from late-seventeenth or early-eighteenth century Ottoman Turkey; the famous manuscript of the Divan (Collected Works) of Anvari from 1588, made for the Mughal emperor Akbar; a selection of calligraphies from Iran and Turkey; and some of the best known and finest paintings from Iran during the Timurid, Turkman, and Safavid periods.