Nakkaş Sinan Bey

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Nakkaş Sinan Bey
This portrait of Mehmed II smelling a rose was made by Nakkaş Sinan Bey.
Known forOttoman miniature

Nakkaş Sinan Bey was an Ottoman court miniature painter who lived in the 15th-century. He and his student Ahmed Siblizade specialized into portrait paintings of Ottoman sultans. They made use of European techniques such as shading and perspective. [1]

References[]

  1. ^ Ágoston, Gábor; Masters, Bruce Alan (2009). Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire. Infobase Publishing. pp. 266–267. ISBN 9781438110257.
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