File:Bellini, Gentile - Sultan Mehmet II.jpg

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Summary

Gentile Bellini: The Sultan Mehmet II

Artist



Description	Italian painter, sculptor and medalist Venetian School
Date of birth/death	1429	before 23 February 1507 date QS:P,+1507-02-23T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1507-02-23T00:00:00Z/11
Location of birth/death	Venice	Venice
Work location	Venice, Constantinople
Authority file	: Q290407 VIAF: 12275353 ISNI: 0000000118446682 ULAN: 500026083 LCCN: n86007313 WGA: b/bellini/gentile WorldCat

Title

The Sultan Mehmet II

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Depicted people

Mehmed the Conqueror

Date

1480

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 70 cm (27.5 in)

; width: 52 cm (20.4 in)

Collection

Victoria and Albert Museum

	Native name	Victoria and Albert Museum
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 29′ 27″ N, 0° 07′ 38″ W
	Established	1852
	Website	www.vam.ac.uk
	Authority file	: Q213322 VIAF: 128776887 ISNI: 0000000123230472 ULAN: 500302040 LCCN: n79066252 OSM: 29795 WorldCat

National Gallery

	Native name	National Gallery
	Parent institution	Board of Trustees of the National Gallery
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 30′ 32″ N, 0° 07′ 42″ W
	Established	1824
	Website	nationalgallery.org.uk
	Authority file	: Q180788 VIAF: 144868906 ISNI: 0000000406058908 ULAN: 500125190 LCCN: n80081622 NLA: 35311349 WorldCat

Accession number

LOAN:NATIONAL GALLERY.425-2009 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
NG3099 (National Gallery)

Object history

1916: in collection of National Gallery

Exhibition history

Gentile Bellini and the East, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Notes

Deutsch: Das Gemälde entstand anläßlich des Friedensabkommens zwischen der Regierung Venedig und dem Sultan, Bellini hielt sich zu diesem Anlaß in Istanbul auf.

English: Kommentar der National Gallery, London]: "The painting is almost entirely repainted, especially in the figure. An old inscription, lower right, gives the date 25 November 1480. The lower left inscription is a more recent reconstruction; it includes the names Mehmet and Gentile Bellini.

References

Source/Photographer

The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202.

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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	10:57, 28 April 2024	3,132 × 4,226 (2.31 MB)	Snowstormfigorion	Reverted to version as of 23:25, 31 January 2016 (UTC)
	21:26, 1 April 2024	3,132 × 4,226 (3.82 MB)	Kemkhachev	Reverted to version as of 12:33, 5 November 2010 (UTC) no whatsoever development, it's just painted over it.
	23:25, 31 January 2016	3,132 × 4,226 (2.31 MB)	Aguzer	Size
	21:04, 31 January 2016	1,500 × 2,000 (3.25 MB)	Aguzer	Size.
	20:29, 1 December 2012	3,132 × 4,226 (8.42 MB)	Aguzer	Development
	12:33, 5 November 2010	3,132 × 4,226 (3.82 MB)	Eugene a	Best version
	03:14, 19 May 2005	1,576 × 2,158 (262 KB)	File Upload Bot (Eloquence)	{{Painting\| \|Title=<br /> ''de:'' Porträt des Sultans Mehmed II. Fatih, »Der Eroberer« \|Technique=<br /> ''de:'' Öl auf Leinwand \|Dimensions=<br /> ''de:'' 69,9 × 52,1 cm \|Location=<br /> ''de:'' London \|Country=<br /> ** ''de:'' Italien