A Renaissance portrait of Sultan Mehmed II ... The artwork, painted by the Venetian painter Gentile Bellini in the 15th century, depicts Mehmed alongside another apparently younger man, whose ...

and Renaissance painter Gentile Bellini is sent to keep the peace by painting a portrait demanded by Sultan Mehmed II. Since Islam forbids personal images, he finds himself fighting to survive and ...

Discovered by Turkish researchers, a centuries-old epic poem written to honor Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II ... is no different from Italian painter Gentile Bellini’s portrait of Fatih.

In the play, Renaissance painter Gentile Bellini is sent to paint a famous portrait of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Since Islam forbids personal images, he finds himself fighting to survive ...