Bajazet Kahn I, from Portraits of the Emperors of Turkey
John Young
1815
Medium
Mezzotint, hand-colored with brush and watercolor, on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
37.5 × 25.3 cm (14 13/16 × 10 in.)
Classification
mezzotint
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
213638
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
The fourth Ottoman sultan, Bajazet I (or Bayezid), ruled from 1389 to 1403. Known as “The Thunderbolt,” a nickname gained during military campaigns under his father, Amurat I, as well as under his own reign, he was eventually captured by Tamerlane in 1402 at Ankara.