Antique Ottoman Iznik Tympanum Print, Tomb of Sultan Selim II, Istanbul, 1924
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique Ottoman Iznik Tympanum Print, Tomb of Sultan Selim II, Istanbul, 1574, Raymond 1924 This original architectural plate illustrates the magnificent ceramic tympanum above the entrance door of the Tomb of Sultan Selim II in Istanbul, completed in 1574. Issued as Plates 32–33 in Alexandre M. Raymond's celebrated publication *L'Art Islamique en Orient – IIe Partie*, the sheet belongs to one of the most important early twentieth-century surveys of Islamic architecture and decorative arts in Anatolia. The composition presents a monumental half-dome arrangement rendered at a scale of one metre to one-third scale, faithfully recording one of the finest surviving examples of classical Ottoman tile...
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