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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.233
Title
Sultan Mehmed II (r. 1451-81)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Portrait of Mehmet Fatih, "the Conqueror" (1452-1480)
Classification
Albums
Work Type
album folio
Date
c. 1600-1610
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey)
Period
Ottoman period
Culture
Ottoman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215551

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions
34.1 × 22.2 cm (13 7/16 × 8 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Possibly Kevorkian Foundation, New York (by 1953), sold; [through Sotheby's, London, 12 April 1976, lot 60], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, San Diego, California, (1976-1985), bequest; to The Fogg Museum.

NOTE:
Stored at the San Diego Museum of Art from some time before 1986 until 1991, then at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from 1991 -- 2011.

Footnote:
Edwin Binney, "Turkish Treasures From the Collection of Edwin Binney, 3rd", Portland Museum of Art, Portland Oregon, 1979, p.69

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Edwin Binney, 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard Art Museums
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
1985.233
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edwin Binney III, Turkish Treasures from the Collection of Edwin Binney, 3rd, exh. cat., Portland Art Museum (Portland, OR, 1979), page 68-69/figure 40

Exhibition History

  • The Here and the Hereafter: Images of Paradise in Islamic Art, Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, 03/16/1991 - 05/26/1991; Asia Society Galleries, New York, 06/27/1991 - 09/06/1991
  • Earthly Paradise: Gardens in Islamic Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/08/1993 - 08/22/1993
  • A Grand Legacy: Arts of the Ottoman Empire, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/09/1999 - 01/02/2000
  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/17/2017 - 05/08/2017
  • In the Name of the Image, Museum Rietberg Zürich, 02/04/2022 - 05/22/2022

Verification Level

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