‘GIFTS FROM SHAH ABBAS THE GREAT TO THE SERENISSIMA’: IN SEPTEMBER AN INTERESTING NEW EXHIBITION AT THE DOGE’S PALACE

The Doge’s Palace will host the interesting exhibition ‘Gifts from Shah Abbas the Great to the Serenissima’ in the Sala delle Quattro Porte from 28 September 2013 to 12 January 2014. The exhibition is intended to illustrate the excellent diplomatic relations that existed in the modern age between the Serenissima and Safavid Persia at the time of Shah Abbas I the Great (1587-1629), united by the common aim to contain the perilous Turkish expansion. As announced on the Fondazione Musei Civici website, ‘original documents from the 18th century will be presented here. They demonstrate the exchange of missives concerning the renewed promise of cooperation, along with the consignment of goods specifically requested by each of the parties... an important example is the precious Safavid velvet depicting the Virgin and Child, offered by Shah Abbas I the Great to Doge Marino Grimani on the occasion of the official visit of a Persian delegation to Venice in 1603’. For further information:

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