Portrait of Sultan Ahmet I (r. 1603–17)

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 460

The Ottoman interest in royal portraiture expressed itself in the production of illustrated manuscripts and albums containing images of the succession of sultans. This painting, from an album containing a series of similar sultan portraits, has been identified as a depiction of the early seventeenth-century Ottoman sultan Ahmet I.

Portrait of Sultan Ahmet I (r. 1603–17), Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

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Portrait of Sultan Ahmet I (r. 1603–17), Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Portrait of Sultan Ahmet I (r. 1603–17), Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Portrait of Sultan Ahmet I (r. 1603–17), Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

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