- 11:00 – Registration and Welcome (Former Viewing Room; Refreshments provided) Arrive via Wilkins Building entrance (staff entrance) to the left of the main portico Dr Rebecca Bridgman, Curatorial and Exhibitions Manager (Birmingham Museums)/Chair of Islamic Art and Material Culture SSN & Dr Mary Hersov, Head of National Programmes (The National Gallery)
- 11:15 – Introduction: Reflections of the Eastern Mediterranean in Italian Renaissance Art Prof Deborah Howard (University of Cambridge)
- 11:30 – Lotto Portraits – Overview over the Exhibition Dr Matthias Wivel, Curator of Sixteenth-Century Italian Paintings (The National Gallery)
- 12:00 – Self-guided Visit to Lotto Portraits With Dr Matthias Wivel
- 13:15 – Sandwich Lunch (Sainsbury Wing, Conference Room 1; lunch provided)
- 14:30 – Visit to the Sainsbury Wing Observations on a selected painting from the Sainsbury Wing (tbc) Prof. Anna Contadini, Professor of the History of Islamic Art, SOAS, University of London
- Tour and discussion of the Sainsbury Wing displays With Dr Caroline Campbell, Director of Collections & Research (The National Gallery)
- 15:30 – Finish Delegates free to visit ‘Mantegna & Bellini’ (complimentary tickets provided)
Organised by The Islamic Art and Material Culture SSN and the SSN European Paintings pre-1900 Supported by the Pilgrim Trust. We thank the National Gallery for their collaboration.
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