Sultan Mehmed II
Gentile Bellini · 1480
Why it's great
Mehmed II conquered Constantinople in 1453 when he was only 21, and later he asked Venice to send a painter to his court. Gentile Bellini painted this portrait of the sultan in 1480 and framed him in a fancy arch.
🏛️ Part of history
Byzantium & the Fall of Constantinople (527–1453) — Mehmed II conquered Constantinople in 1453 when he was only 21, and later he asked Venice to send a painter to his court.
Where to see it
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Hang it on your wall
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Gentile Bellini was an Italian painter born in Venice around 1429, the older brother of the painter Giovanni Bellini. He worked for the government of Venice and in 1479 was sent to Constantinople to paint the sultan Mehmed II. He returned to Venice and died there in 1507.
