Sheila R. Canby

Sheila R. Canby (born 10 January 1949) is Curator Emerita of the Department of Islamic Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and a former curator of Islamic art and antiquities at the British Museum. She is a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society.

Early life[]

Sheila Canby was born on 10 January 1949. She earned her BA from Vassar College, summa cum laude, and her MA and PhD from Harvard University.^[1]

Career[]

Canby was the Metropolitan Museum of Art's curator of Islamic art from October 2009 to April 2019 and is a former curator of Islamic art and antiquities at the British Museum. She is a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society.^[2] She has held positions at the Brooklyn Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Fogg Art Museum, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She was a visiting lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.^[1]

Selected publications[]

• Persian Painting. British Museum Press, London, 1993. ISBN 0714114596
• Rebellious Reformer: Drawings and Paintings of Riza-Yi 'Abbasi of Isfahan. Azimuth Editions, 1996. ISBN 1898592055
• Princes, Poets and Paladins: Islamic and Indian Paintings from the Collection of Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan. British Museum Press, London, 1998. ISBN 0714114839
• The Golden Age Of Persian Art 1501-1722. British Museum Press, London, 1999. ISBN 978-0714114682
• Safavid Art and Architecture. British Museum Press, London, 2002. (Editor) ISBN 9780714111520
• Hunt for Paradise: Court Arts of Safavid Iran 1501-76. Skira Editore, 2003. (Edited with Jon Thompson) ISBN 978-8884915900
• Islamic Art In Detail. British Museum Press, London, 2005. ISBN 978-0714124285
• Persian Love Poetry. British Museum Press, London, 2005. (With Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis) ISBN 071412429X
• Shah 'Abbas: The Remaking of Iran. British Museum Press, London, 2009. ISBN 978-0714124568
• Shah 'Abbas and The Treasures Of Imperial Iran. British Museum Press, London, 2009. ISBN 978-0714124551
• The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp: The Persian Book of Kings. Yale University Press, New Haven, 2014. ISBN 978-0300194548
• Islamic Art: Close-Up. British Museum Press, London, 2015. ISBN 978-0714111896

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