The Siege of Constantinople, 1453 by Jean Le Tavernier

The Siege of Constantinople, 1453 Jean Le Tavernier, 1455 Illuminated manuscript

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⚔️ History & Battles

The Siege of Constantinople, 1453

Why it's great

Ottoman ships crowd the water around the walled city of Constantinople in this manuscript painting of the siege of 1453. Jean Le Tavernier painted it for a Burgundian duke only a few years after the city fell.

🏛️ Part of history

Byzantium & the Fall of Constantinople (527–1453) — Ottoman ships crowd the water around the walled city of Constantinople in this manuscript painting of the siege of 1453.

Where to see it

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Hang it on your wall

⬇ Hi-res download 1,210 × 1,788 px · 2.2 megapixels This is the largest scan on Wikimedia Commons, which is fairly small for a big print. The museum that owns it may offer a larger one. File page & license ↗

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About the artist

Jean Le Tavernier

Unknown or anonymous artist · born in Oudenaarde

Jean Le Tavernier was a painter and manuscript illuminator from Oudenaarde in Flanders, active between about 1434 and 1462. He worked in Brussels for the dukes of Burgundy, especially Philip the Good, painting richly detailed pictures in their chronicles and prayer books.