Italian School, 17th century, Portrait of Muleasses the Turk
Italian School, 17th century
Portrait of Muleasses the Turk
Oil on canvas (relined). 77 x 62.5 cm.
** Provenance
From a Rhenish collection.
Inscribed to the upper left and right "MVLEASES TVNETIS REX". This fanciful portrait is presumably intended to depict the main character of the play "An Excellent Tragedy of Muleasses the Turke, and Borgias Governour of Florence" by the English writer John Mason, which was published in 1610.
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Italian School, 17th century
Portrait of Muleasses the Turk
Oil on canvas (relined). 77 x 62.5 cm.
** Provenance
From a Rhenish collection.
Inscribed to the upper left and right "MVLEASES TVNETIS REX". This fanciful portrait is presumably intended to depict the main character of the play "An Excellent Tragedy of Muleasses the Turke, and Borgias Governour of Florence" by the English writer John Mason, which was published in 1610.