Venice and the Islamic World, 828–1797 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of Doge Francesco Foscari

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Attributed to Lorenzo Bastiani (Italian, 1449–1512)
Portrait of Doge Francesco Foscari, Venice, ca. 1457–1460 or mid to late 1470s
Tempera on panel; 20 1/2 x 16 1/8 in. (52 x 41 cm)
Museo Civico Correr, Venice

Portrait of Sultan Mehmet II

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Gentile Bellini (Italian, 1429?–1507)
Portrait of Sultan Mehmet II, Istanbul, dated November 25, 1480
Oil on canvas; 25 5/8 x 20 1/2 in. (65 x 52 cm)
The National Gallery, London, Layard Bequest, 1916

St. Mark Baptizing Anianus

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Giovanni Mansueti (Italian, 1484–1526)
St. Mark Baptizing Anianus, Venice, ca. 1518
Oil on canvas; 128 x 53 1/8 in. (325 x 135 cm)
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan

The Reception of the Venetian Ambassadors in Damascus

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Anonymous Venetian
The Reception of the Venetian Ambassadors in Damascus, Venice, 1511
Oil on canvas; 46 1/2 x 80 in. (118 x 203 cm)
Musée du Louvre, Paris

Giovanni della Volta with His Wife and Children

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Lorenzo Lotto (Italian, ca. 1480–1556)
Giovanni della Volta with His Wife and Children, Venice, 1547
Oil on canvas; 41 1/8 x 54 1/2 in. (140.5 x 138.5 cm)
Signed: L. Lotto
The National Gallery, London, Bequeathed by Miss Sarry Solly, 1879

Family Portrait

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Vecellio (Italian, 1521–1601)
Family Portrait, Venice, ca. 1555–1570
Oil on canvas; 44 1/2 x 70 7/8 in. (113 x 180 cm)
Museo Civico Correr, Venice

Bayezid II

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Attributed to an Anonymous Painter from Verona or Follower
Bayezid II, (r. 1481–1512), Venice, 1578 or later
Oil on canvas; 27 1/4 x 21 1/4 in. (69 x 54 cm)
Inscribed: BAIAZETH SECºX
Bayerische Staatgemäldesammlungen, Munich

Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent Wearing a Jewel-Studded Helmet

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Anonymous Venetian
Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent Wearing a Jewel-Studded Helmet, Venice, ca. 1532
Woodcut on paper; 36 1/4 x 21 15/16 in. (92 x 55.8 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1942 (42.41.1)

Loom-width piece of velvet fabric

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Loom-width piece of velvet fabric, Bursa, Turkey, late 16th century
Silk velvet pile, voided ground with silver and gilt-silver wrapped silk brocading; 64 1/8 x 24 3/4 in. (163 x 63 cm)
Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin

Bowl

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Bowl, Iran, probably Shiraz, mid-14th century
Cast brass inlaid with gold and silver; H. 4.1 in., Diam. 9.4 in. (10.5 x 24 cm)
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Islamische Kunst

Box with lid

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Mahmud al-Kurdi
Box with lid, possibly northwest Iran or southeast Anatolia, late 15th century
Brass, engraved and inlaid with silver and a black compound; H. 3 in., Diam. 6.2 in. (7.6 x 15.8 cm)
Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery, London

Ewer

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Qasim
Ewer, possibly northwest Iran or southeast Anatolia, late 15th–early 16th century
Brass, engraved and probably originally inlaid with silver; later gilding; H. 7.5 in. (19.1 cm)
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland

Pair of Doors

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Pair of Doors, Venice, ca. 1575–1600
Wood (perhaps poplar); ebony moldings and veneer, semiprecious stones, mother-of-pearl, partially gilded and painted; yellow metal and iron; 57 5/8 x 20 5/8 in. (146.4 x 52.4 cm)
Rainer Zeitz, London

Cup with Mount

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Cup with Mount
Cup: Probably Iran, 9th–10th century or Egypt, 10th–11th century; Mount: Byzantine, 10th–11th century
Blown glass with incised decoration; mount in gilded silver with inlaid enamel, pearls, semiprecious stones, and glass; Cup: H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); Diam. 5 1/8 in. (13.1 cm); With mount: H. 7 1/4 in. (18.5 cm); Diam. 5 3/8 in. (13.5 cm)
Treasury of St. Mark's Basilica, Venice

Mosque Lamp

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Mosque Lamp
Cairo, Egypt, ca. 1329–35
Free-blown glass, tooled on the pontil; enameled and gilded; H. 14 in., Diam. 9.4 in. (35.6 x 23.9 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 (17.190.991)

Beaker

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Beaker, Venice, late 13th–early 14th century
Free-blown glass, enameled and gilded; H. 4.4 in., Diam. 3.7 in., (11.3 x 9.5 cm)
Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt-am-Main