The Siege of Constantinople
Philippe de Mazerolles · 1460
Why it's great
Ottoman soldiers with ladders and cannon storm the walls in this French manuscript painting of the fall of Constantinople in 1453, made only a few years afterward. Philippe de Mazerolles painted it around 1460.
🏛️ Part of history
Byzantium & the Fall of Constantinople (527–1453) — Ottoman soldiers with ladders and cannon storm the walls in this French manuscript painting of the fall of Constantinople in 1453, made only a few years afterward.
Where to see it
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Philippe de Mazerolles was an illuminator who worked in Bruges in the 1400s, painting books for Burgundian nobles. He was admired for his lively pictures in chronicles and books of hours.
