"The Annunciation," Folio from the Bellini Album

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This album incorporates numerous Western prints as well as examples of Ottoman and Safavid painting and calligraphy. The Annunciation by Cornelis Cort on this folio attests to the type of artistic models that would have transmitted Western styles and motifs to Ottoman realms.

"The Annunciation," Folio from the Bellini Album, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

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