An allegory relating to the fortunes of the Turks, a winged figure probably representing Time stands on a fallen Turk while sharpening a blade on a wheel inscribed with the continents that is being turned by a semi-dressed figure, at right the city of Vardino (northwest Romania near the Hungarian border) that was held by the Turks from 1660 to 1692.

Giuseppe Maria Mitelli

ca. 1692 · Etching · Drawings and Prints

An allegory relating to the fortunes of the Turks, a winged figure probably representing Time stands on a fallen Turk while sharpening a blade on a wheel inscribed with the continents that is being turned by a semi-dressed figure, at right the city of Vardino (northwest Romania near the Hungarian border) that was held by the Turks from 1660 to 1692. — Giuseppe Maria Mitelli
Artist
Giuseppe Maria Mitelli
Date
ca. 1692
Medium
Etching
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Purchase, Carolyn H. Specht Gift and Charles Z. Offin Fund, 2017
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