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Suleiman I
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Suleiman I

Melchior Lorck · 1559 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Portraits of Suleiman the Magnificent, the sultan of the Ottoman Empire, were extremely popular in Western Europe. He was viewed in the west with a mixture of fear and admiration. Melchior Lorck sojourned in Constantinople (today’s Istanbul) for several years and made a portrait of the sultan there on 15 February 1559, which he later used as the starting point for this engraving.

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printSüleyman I de Grotehistorical persons
Credit lineSüleyman I. 1559. Melchior Lorck. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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