Orkan Kahn, from Portraits of the Emperors of Turkey
John Young
1815
- Medium
- Mezzotint, hand-colored with brush and watercolor, on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
- 37.5 × 25.3 cm (14 13/16 × 10 in.)
- Genre
- mezzotint
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
mezzotintprintprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)
About
The second Ottoman sultan, Orkan (or Orhan) reigned from 1326 to 1360, spending most of his time on the battlefield. He acquired the Dardanelles and areas around Constantinople, established longstanding military protocols and costumes, and was the first sultan to mint coins in his own name.
