Portrait of the Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent
about 1540–50
Medium/TechniqueWoodcut, printed from from two blocks on three sheets of paper
DimensionsFramed: 108 x 52.7 x 2.2 cm (42 1/2 x 20 3/4 x 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 87.6 x 34.3 cm (34 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 87.6 x 34.3 cm (34 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number51.1529
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Provenance1802, Franz Rechberger, Vienna (b. 1771 - d. 1841) (keeper of the Count Moritz von Fries collection until about 1820; director of the Albertina from 1827 until his death) (Lugt 2133); W. G. Russell Allen, Boston (b. 1882 - d. 1955); 1951, his gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 14, 1951)
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th–late 16th century
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
early 16th–mid 16th century
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
early 16th–mid 16th century
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
early 16th–mid 16th century
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th–late 16th century