This impressive volume presents for the first time four paintings commissioned by the Habsburg Ambassador Hans-Ludwig von Kuefstein after his diplomatic mission to Istanbul in the early 19th century, accompanied by 12 gouache works produced in the capital and now held in a collection in Austria. This landmark publication sheds new light on the period, also providing visual documentation of Ottoman life under Murad IV.
Available Languages: English and Arabic
Publication date 2013
ISBN
English
(Hardback) 978-88-572-1841-0
(Paperback) 978-88-572-1842-7
Arabic
(Paperback) 978-88-572-1844-1
(Hardback) 978-88-572-1843-4