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Sultan Suleyman the Magnificant (Agostino Veneziano's depiction of the sultan - author died over 100 years ago)

Agostino Veneziano's engraving of Suleiman the Magnificent.^[1]. Note the 4 tiers on the helmet (which he had commissioned from Venice, symbolizing his imperial power, and exceeding the 3-tiered papal tiara.^[2] This was a most untypical piece of headgear for an Ottoman sultan, which he probably never normally wore, but which he placed beside him when receiving visitors, especially ambassadors. It was crowned with an enormous feather. ^[3]]]

^ Agostino never saw the Sultan, but probably did see and sketch the helmet in Venice
^ The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1968. "Turquerie." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New Series 26 (5): pp. 229.
^ Levey, Michael; The World of Ottoman Art, p.65, 1975, Thames & Hudson, ISBN 0500270651

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current	10:53, 7 April 2008	1,052×1,487 (266 KB)	A.Garnet (Talk \| contribs)	(== Summary == Sultan Suleyman the Magnificant (Agostino Veneziano's depiction of the sultan - author died over 100 years ago) Agostino Veneziano's engraving of Suleiman the Magnificent.<ref>Agostino never saw the Sultan, but probably did see and )