Sultan Achmet Chan Turcarum Tyrannus

Engraving; portrait of sultan in ceremonial dress, on horse with ornamental coverings, view of Constantinople in distance; poem (by Sigmund von Birken, 1626-1681, dating from 1664) below image. Engraving; portrait of sultan in ceremonial dress, on horse with ornamental coverings, view of Constantinople in distance; poem (by Sigmund von Birken, 1626-1681, dating from 1664) below image. Upright folio, matted; margins trimmed close; slightly soiled. Identified as either Sultan Achmed I (reigned 1603-1617) or Ahmet Chan, known as Sultan Muhammet or Mehmet IV, who reigned until 1687. It may also be a depiction of Suleyman the Magnificent, used here to represent Achmed I. N.Y., Rockman Prints, 1954.