TL42591.7: Mehmed II

Identification and Creation

Object Number

TL42591.7

People

Costanzo da Ferrara (c.1450 - c. 1525)

Title

Mehmed II

Classification

Medals and Medallions

Work Type

medal

Date

c. 1481

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/381434

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Cast bronze

Dimensions

12 cm (4 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

By 1875, C.C. Perkins, Boston; 1909, transferred from C.C. Perkins to Charles B. Perkins, Boston; 1923, sold by Charles B. Perkins to the MFA for $1000 [see note 1]. (Accession Date: April 5, 1923)
NOTES:
[1] MFA accession numbers 23.202-209 were acquired together for $1000.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Hill 322

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Lucy Stone Brewer Fund

Object Number

TL42591.7

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Obverse:
Profile bust of Mehmed looking to proper right, wearing turban
and cape; inscribed at edge in band
"SVLTANI·MOHAMMETH·OCTHOMANI·VGVLI·
BIZANTII·INPERATORIS·1481".

Reverse:
Mehmed on horseback looking to proper right in landscape;
inscribed at edge in band
"MOHAMETH·ASIE·ETCRETIE·INPERATORIS·YMAGO·
EQVESTRIS·INEXERCITVS" and below horse "OPVS/CONSTANTII".

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

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