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Amurat Kahn II, from Portraits of the Emperors of Turkey

A work made of mezzotint, hand-colored with brush and watercolor, on ivory wove paper.
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  • A work made of mezzotint, hand-colored with brush and watercolor, on ivory wove paper.

Date:

1815

Artist:

John Young
English, 1755-1825

About this artwork

Sultan Amurat II (Murad) was the sixth sultan in succession, reigning from 1421 to 1444 and from 1446 to 1451. He abdicated in favor of his son after the first period but assumed command again a few years later, when the Balkan areas he had previously subdued threatened to rise up again. Amurat II had a strong interest in science, literature, and music, and his son Mehmed II invited the Venetian artist Gentile Bellini to work in Constantinople for a time.

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Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

John Young

Title

Amurat Kahn II, from Portraits of the Emperors of Turkey

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

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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

2011.1091

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