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A portrait of a seated Ottoman writer by Venetian artist Gentile Bellini.

Now housed at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, this painting reflects Bellini's passion for Eastern cultures. Originally commissioned by Fatih Sultan Mehmet II in 1479 to go to Constantinople to paint portraits of the sultan for two years, the Venetian painter was strongly influenced by Ottoman traditions and fashions.

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Title: A portrait of a seated Ottoman writer by Venetian artist Gentile Bellini.

Caption: Now housed at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, this painting reflects Bellini's passion for Eastern cultures. Originally commissioned by Fatih Sultan Mehmet II in 1479 to go to Constantinople to paint portraits of the sultan for two years, the Venetian painter was strongly influenced by Ottoman traditions and fashions.

Credit: Album / Pictures From History/Universal Images Group

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Image size: 3670 × 4811 px | 50.5 MB

Print size: 31.1 × 40.7 cm | 1444.9 × 1894.1 in (300 dpi)

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