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We would like to take this opportunity to express our profound gratitude to Philip Morris
Companies Inc., whose generous financial support has made this exhibition possible. A leader
in corporate support of the arts for more than a quarter of a century, Philip Morris has
achieved a most distinguished record of sponsoring significant cultural events in this country
and abroad. We wish to thank in particular Hamish Maxwell, chairman and chief executive
officer, R. William Murray, president, Philip Morris International, and Walter Thoma,
president, Philip Morris Europe EEMA Region, for offering the patronage of their corporation
for the enlightenment and enjoyment of American audiences. In addition, this exhibition is
supported by a United States Government indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts
and the Humanities.
Many individuals in Chicago, New York, and Washington deserve thanks for their work on
the exhibition. Special gratitude is due the following staff at the National Gallery: D. Dodge
Thompson, chief, exhibition programs; Gaillard Ravenel, chief, and Mark Leithauser, deputy
chief of design and installation; Elizabeth A. Croog, associate secretary, general counsel; and
Joseph J. Krakora, external affairs officer. At the Art Institute of Chicago, Jack V. Sewell,
curator of oriental and classical art, Katharine C. Lee, assistant director, and Dorothy
Schroeder, assistant to the director, have been instrumental in mounting the exhibition. At
the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the department of Islamic art, Stuart Cary Welch, special
consultant in charge, and Carolyn Kane; Mahrukh Tarapor and John McDonald, office of the
director; and Emily Rafferty, vice president for development, have rendered invaluable
assistance in making the exhibition a reality.
Above all, thanks go to Esin Atil, and to the Smithsonian Institution for allowing her to act
as our guest curator, thereby bringing her vision and enthusiasm to this venture. Dr. Atil's
connoisseurship and scholarship have combined to produce an exhibition and catalogue that
invite us to explore and .savor The Age of Sultan Sukyman the Magnificent.

J. Carter Brown
Director, National Gallery of Art

James N. Wood
Director, The Art Institute of Chicago

Philippe de Montebello
Director, The Metropolitan Museum of Art