Thursday 2 August 2018

473) Selim II

Selim II (1524 – 1574). 11th Sultan of the Ottoman empire. Son of Suleiman the Magnificent and Haseki Hürrem Sultan.


The caption to this portrait says "This depiction is apparently life-like, since it depicts him with red hair and blue eyes, as described by contemporaries."

 

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