Bust Portrait of Sultan Mehmed II, polychrome painting, ca. 1478–81. Bifolio fols. 144r–145v (TSMK, H. 2153)

Bust Portrait of Sultan Mehmed II, polychrome painting, attr. Sinan Beg, ca. 1478–81. Bifolio fols. 144r–145v (TSMK, H. 2153) Attribution 1: Sinan Beg in (17 February 2026). "The Jalayirid Contribution: A Topkapi Palace Album with Images in the Persianate, Chinese, and European Manners (Ca. 1350–1500)". Ars Orientalis 55 (0). DOI:10.3998/ars.9312. Attribution 2: Costanzo da Ferrara. Reference: "Mehmed II, a highly educated Sultan who was very much interested in Western cultures, invited several European painters to his capital. The two Italians known to have worked in Istanbul are Costanza de Ferrara and Gentile Bellini. Costanza was at the court around 1478-81 and executed a portrait of Mehmed II (Topkapi Palace Museum, H 2153, fol. 145b). Bellini, whose visit coincided with that of Costanza, was in Istanbul between 1479 and 1481. A portrait of Sultan Mehmed II, signed by this painter and dated November 25, 1481 is now in the National Gallery of London." in (1973) Exhibition Catalogue of Turkish Art of the Ottoman Period, Washington, D.C.: Freer Gallery of Art, p. 12