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Sultan Mehmed II smelling a rose
by Nakkaş, Sinan Bey, end of 15th century.

From Manuscript Hazine 2153 (Fatih Album), of the Saray Albums, Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul, Turkey


A larger image of Sultan Mehmed II smelling a rose, from the Saray Albums, Hazine 2153.



More images from the Saray Albums:
14th or 15th Century Illustrations of Nomad Turkmen of Persia or Anatolia in the Fatih album (Hazine 2153)
Aq Qoyunlu (White Sheep) Turkmen in the Fatih album (Hazine 2153)
Turkmen Soldiers from Hazine 2152
Turkmen Soldiers from Hazine 2160
Illustrations of Jalayrid Mongols from a late 14th Century Shahnama collected in the Fatih Album (Hazine 2153)
More images of Hazine 2153 from the University of Washington


The Saray albums have a mixture of paintings and caligraphy from a variety of sources, so the places and dates of production are uncertain. See a sample page.



Portraits of Ottoman Sultans
Ottoman Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers in the 15th to 19th Centuries