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Portrait of the Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent
Italian
about 1540–50
Medium/Technique
Woodcut, printed from from two blocks on three sheets of paper
Dimensions
Framed: 108 x 52.7 x 2.2 cm (42 1/2 x 20 3/4 x 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 87.6 x 34.3 cm (34 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 87.6 x 34.3 cm (34 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number51.1529
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Marks
Recto, at lower right, the collector's mark of Friedrich August II, King of Saxony (Lugt 971)
Verso, the 1802 collector's mark of Franz Rechberger (Lugt 2133),
Verso, the 1802 collector's mark of Franz Rechberger (Lugt 2133),
InscriptionsLeft center, in brown ink: Sultan Suleymannus / Turcarum Imperator Selymi filius, depictus / Constantinopoli à Titiano / pictore Veneto
Left center, in graphite: Suliman II
Left center, in graphite: Suliman II
Provenance1802, Franz Rechberger (b. 1771 - d. 1841; Lugt 2133), Vienna. Friedrich August II, King of Saxony (b. 1797 - d. 1854; Lugt 971), Dresden. 1951, gift of W. G. Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 14, 1951)