Description
Genuine 19th-century steel engraving capturing Renaissance-era Eastern diplomacy. Titled along the bottom margin as “Réception d’un Ambassadeur de Venise à Constantinople”, this is an engraving after the historic masterpiece by a follower of Gentile Bellini c.1511.
Venetian diplomats in long robes receiving a formal ceremonial welcome before an Islamic arch, framed minarets, domed architecture, merchants, exotic animals, etc.
Engraving Circa 1840–1850.
Frame Size: 16″ x 13.5″ (approx. 40.6 cm x 34.3 cm)
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