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Identification and Creation

Object Number
TL42603.2
People
Melchior Lorck, Danish (Flensburg, Germany 1526 or 1527 - after 1588 Silesia(?))
Title
Sultan Süleyman and the Süleymaniye Mosque
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Portrait of Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent, standing in full-figure turned toward the left
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1559-1574
Culture
Danish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/382290

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving on antique laid paper
Dimensions
image: 42.6 × 31.7 cm (16 3/4 × 12 1/2 in.)
sheet: 43 × 33.2 cm (16 15/16 × 13 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: middle left: TPLM / COSTIT / A / SVLT / SOLEIM:
  • inscription: lower left: Cum privilegio

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Hollstein (XXII) 20; Erik Fischer (2009) 1574,1; Nagler (1839) 16

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Edwin Binney 3rd Collection of Orientalist Prints. Courtesy of Special Collections, Harvard University Fine Arts Library
Object Number
TL42603.2
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

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