AlbumsOttoman16th-17th century

Portrait of Sultan Murad II, folio from an album

c. 1600

Classification

Albums

Medium

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Culture

Ottoman

Period

Ottoman period

Century

16th-17th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

39.1 x 30.4 cm (15 3/8 x 11 15/16 in.)

Provenance

John Goelet, New York and Cambridge, (by 1958), gift; the Fogg Museum of Art.

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