Portrait of the Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: TL42591.1
People: Unidentified Artist
After Titian (Tiziano Vecellio), Italian (Pieve di Cadore, Italy c. 1488 - 1576 Venice, Italy)
Woodcut by Giovanni Britto, Italian (Germany c. 1500 - c. 1550)
Title: Portrait of the Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: ca. 1540-1550
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/381426

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Woodcut printed from two blocks on three sheets of paper
Technique: Woodcut
Dimensions: sheet: 87.6 × 34.3 cm (34 1/2 × 13 1/2 in.)
framed: 108 × 52.7 × 2.2 cm (42 1/2 × 20 3/4 × 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: 1802, Franz Rechberger, Vienna (b. 1771 - d. 1841) (keeper of the Count Moritz von Fries collection until about 1820; director of the Albertina from 1827 until his death) (Lugt 2133); W. G. Russell Allen, Boston (b. 1882 - d. 1955); 1951, his gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 14, 1951)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of W. G. Russell Allen
Object Number: TL42591.1
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Imagine Me and You: Dutch and Flemish Encounters with the Islamic World, 1450–1750, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/18/2024 - 08/18/2024

Verification Level

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