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Bitlis, Matrakci Nasuh — Matrakçı Nasuh

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Written by: Umut KaracaSpecialist · Miniature Painting
Miniature Painting · Catalogue no. 247268
Matrakçı Nasuh

Bitlis, Matrakci Nasuh

StatusReference work · Not for sale
Held byWikimedia Commons
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Bitlis, Matrakci Nasuh

Artist / MakerMatrakçı Nasuh
Datebefore 1564date QS:P,+1564-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1564-00-
Culture / OriginBeyan-i Menazil-i Sefer-i 'Irakenyn-i Sultan Suleyman Han, 1537-1538 (Istanbul University Library, T. 5964)
Dimensions1049×1448 px (digital)
Departmentminiature-painting
TypeManuscript painting
About the Artist

1480–1564, Ottoman EmpirePolymath of Süleyman’s court — mathematician, swordsman, historian — who invented the Ottoman topographical miniature. His Beyân-ı Menâzil records every halt of the 1534–35 Iraq campaign as a bird’s-eye city portrait with no human figures, a uniquely Ottoman genre. Full biography →

Provenance & Source

Image & data: Wikimedia Commons · Licence: Public domain.

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