Pieter Coecke van Aelst - Customs and Manners of the Turks

 Salvete Omnes,

Suleiman the Magnificent 

the XVI century Flemish architect and artist (see the list of his mastery) Pieter Coecke van Aelst  produced a freeze-like series of 10 prints titled - Ces Moeurs et fachons de faire de Turcz (Customs and Fashions of the Turks)  - circa 1550sAD.

 

sultan Suleyman's court in procession

The prints are very pleasing  esthetically and show maestry of composition, anatomy and knowledge of proportions etc, they are also very precise in detail and contain a wealth of information about the Ottomans and their empire. 

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Three world preeminent art centers- London's British Museum, NYC Metropolitan Museum and Amsterdam's Rijks Museum possess at least three different sets of these prints. 

Enjoy

Valete