Sub pugna Nauali ab Equitibus Melitensibus captorum, inq Insulam Melitensem ab ductorum.
[1707.]
Engraving. Sheet: 300 x 190mm (11¾ x 7½''). Damaged.
A portrait of a Ottoman woman, thought at the time to be wife of Sultan Ibrahim I. An Ottoman convoy travelling from Constantinople was attacked in 1644 by the Knights Hospitaller of Malta, the ship was filled with pilgrims headed for Mecca. Historians have since disputed whether the woman captured was actually the wife of Sultan Ibrahim I. From 'Theatrum Europeaum' 1707 by Johann Peter Lotichius.
[Ref: 49710] £120.00
Engraving. Sheet: 300 x 190mm (11¾ x 7½''). Damaged.
A portrait of a Ottoman woman, thought at the time to be wife of Sultan Ibrahim I. An Ottoman convoy travelling from Constantinople was attacked in 1644 by the Knights Hospitaller of Malta, the ship was filled with pilgrims headed for Mecca. Historians have since disputed whether the woman captured was actually the wife of Sultan Ibrahim I. From 'Theatrum Europeaum' 1707 by Johann Peter Lotichius.
[Ref: 49710] £120.00