You’re invited by the NU Club of Virginia to attend:
"The Map as Tapestry: Pedro Teixeira’s 1656 Representation of Madrid"
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Chrysler Museum of Art
245 West Olney Road
Norfolk, Virginia 23510
12:00 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Presentation
This lecture will examine one of the most remarkable printed maps in Baroque Europe, the Description of the Town of Madrid prepared by the Portuguese-born cartographer Pedro Teixeira in Madrid and printed in Antwerp in 1656.
Please join us to hear:
Jesús Escobar, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Art History, Northwestern University
Register here by March 12.
Registration:
$25 club members &their guests
$30 non-members & their guests
Questions?
Please contact Jay Mitchell at jaynews58@cox.net or (757) 679 -1326.
