Three Mamelukes on horseback, 1526 by Jan Swart van Groningen A larger image of Three Mamelukes on horseback, 1526, by Jan Swart van Groningen Next: Ottoman Sultan Süleyman by Jan Swart
The shield design with four "B"s is associated with Byzantium, see a 14th century Byzantine Icon with Saint Demetrios. The mamluk shaggy red zamt hat had been banned by the Ottomans after their conquest of Egypt in 1517. Back to prints of Ottoman Sultan Süleyman and his cortege by Jan Swart van Groningen |