Procession of Sultan Süleyman through the Atmeidan from the frieze Ces Moeurs et fachons de faire de Turcz (Customs and Fashions of the Turks), 1553, Woodcut, Sheet: 13 7/8 × 34 3/8 in. (35.2 × 87.3 cm), Prints, After Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Netherlandish, Aelst 1502–1550 Brussels), Before the panorama of the city of Constantinople, a lengthy procession is depicted winding its way toward the minareted Fatih ('Conqueror') Mosque on the left horizon. It houses the tomb of Sultan Mehmed II, the Ottoman conqueror of Constantinople
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Procession, Sultan Süleyman, Atmeidan, frieze Ces Moeurs et fachons de faire Turcz, Customs, Fashions, Turks, 1553, Woodcut, Sheet, 13 7/8, 34 3/8, 35.2, 87.3 cm, Prints, After Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Netherlandish, Aelst, 1502–1550, Brussels, panorama, city, Constantinople, lengthy procession, depicted winding, way, minareted Fatih, Conqueror, Mosque, left horizon, houses, tomb, Mehmed II, Ottoman conqueror
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