Bellini
Gentile Bellini "The Sultan Mehmet II" (1480) National Gallery, London
"I said it was Bloch.  'Oh, yes, that boy I saw here once, who looks so like the Bellini portrait of Mahomet II. It's an astonishing likeness; he has the same arched eyebrows and hooked nose and promient cheekbones. When he has a little beard he'll be Mahomet himself.'" — Swann's Way


Mahomet II




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