Portrait medal of Sultan Mehmed II (obverse); a Triumphal Chariot (reverse). Artist: Bertoldo di Giovanni (Italian, born Florence () ca. 1430-40, died 1491 Poggio a Caiano). Dimensions: Diam. 9.4 cm, wt. 321.66 g.. Date: model 1480 (old aftercast).Bertoldo based this likeness on a medal by the Venetian artist Gentile Bellini, who had also painted the Ottoman sultan's portrait. Mehmed favored Italian medalists, perceiving their art form as a way to emphasize his rightful lineage among the emperors of Byzantium and ancient Rome. This medal, Bertoldo's largest and only signed example, was a gift from Lorenzo de' Medici in flattering recognition of the sultan's military victories.On the reverse, a triumphant horse-drawn chariot is led by Mars, the god of war, carrying a trophy, an allusion to Mehmed's planned territorial conquests. Standing on a pedestal, the sultan grasps a rope tied to three crowned female figures, representing his abduction of the territories under his rule: Asia, Greec

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Portrait medal of Sultan Mehmed II (obverse); a Triumphal Chariot (reverse). Artist: Bertoldo di Giovanni (Italian, born Florence () ca. 1430-40, died 1491 Poggio a Caiano). Dimensions: Diam. 9.4 cm, wt. 321.66 g.. Date: model 1480 (old aftercast).Bertoldo based this likeness on a medal by the Venetian artist Gentile Bellini, who had also painted the Ottoman sultan's portrait. Mehmed favored Italian medalists, perceiving their art form as a way to emphasize his rightful lineage among the emperors of Byzantium and ancient Rome. This medal, Bertoldo's largest and only signed example, was a gift from Lorenzo de' Medici in flattering recognition of the sultan's military victories.On the reverse, a triumphant horse-drawn chariot is led by Mars, the god of war, carrying a trophy, an allusion to Mehmed's planned territorial conquests. Standing on a pedestal, the sultan grasps a rope tied to three crowned female figures, representing his abduction of the territories under his rule: Asia, Greec

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