EditorialPersia / Netherlands: 'The Dutch Ambassador (Joan Cunaeus) on his Way to Isfahan'. Oil on canvas painting by Jan Baptist Weenix (1621-1660), c. 1653-1659
EditorialLate-19th-century paintings of mosque dome patterns are displayed above other artifacts from the city of Isfahan in the exhibition “Epic Iran” at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, May 28, 2021. (Tom Jamieson/The New York Times)