Amurat Kahn I, from Portraits of the Emperors of Turkey

Prints and Drawings

1815

John Young
English, 1755-1825

Amurat I (or Murad) was the third Ottoman sultan, ruling from 1360 to 1389. He established the conscripted corps of soldiers called janissaries, and was sometimes referred to as “Lord Dominator” for his extension of the Ottoman dominions from Thrace into Macedonia and Albania.

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Artist: John Young
Title: Amurat Kahn I, from Portraits of the Emperors of Turkey
Place: England (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1815
Medium: Mezzotint, hand-colored with brush and watercolor, on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: 37.5 × 25.3 cm (14 13/16 × 10 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Barbara Kipper
Reference Number: 2011.1086
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