Portrait of Sultan Ahmet I (r. 1603–17)

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early 17th century · Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper · Islamic Art

The Ottoman interest in royal portraiture expressed itself in the production of illustrated manuscripts and albums containing images of the succession of sultans. This painting, from an album containing a series of similar sultan portraits, has been identified as a depiction of the early seventeenth-century Ottoman sultan Ahmet I.

Artist

Unknown

Date

early 17th century

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1944