Portrait medal of Sultan Mehmed II (obverse); a Triumphal Chariot (reverse), model 1480 (old aftercast), Bronze, Diam. 9.4 cm, wt. 321.66 g., Medals, Bertoldo di Giovanni (Italian, born Florence (?) ca. 1430–40, died 1491 Poggio a Caiano), Bertoldo based this likeness on a medal by the Venetian artist Gentile Bellini, who had also painted the Ottoman sultan’s portrait. Mehmed favored Italian medalists, perceiving their art form as a way to emphasize his rightful lineage among the emperors of Byzantium and ancient Rome
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