{"id":25215,"date":"2022-01-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/dev-en\/antiek\/uncategorized\/istanbul-braun-hogenberg-1572\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T14:07:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T12:07:00","slug":"istanbul-braun-hogenberg-1572","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiques\/sold\/istanbul-braun-hogenberg-1572\/","title":{"rendered":"Istanbul – Georg Braun & Franz Hogenberg, 1572"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISTANBUL DURING ITS GOLDEN ERA<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cByzantium Nunc Constantinopolis<\/em><\/strong>\u201d (Byzantium, now Constantinople), copper engraving published in 1572<\/strong> by Georg Braun & Franz Hogenberg<\/strong>. Coloured by a later (?) hand. Size 33.2 cm x 48.3 cm.<\/p>\n

This is a truly wonderful example of the highly sought after 1st state, bird\u2019s eye view of Constantinople from Braun and Hogenberg\u2019s monumental town book, the \u201cCivitates Orbis Terrarum\u201d, <\/em>the most prolific compilation of city views published in the 16th Century.<\/em><\/p>\n

The city is seen from the village of Scutari (\u00dcsk\u00fcdar<\/a>) on the Asian side, with its originally Genoese district of Galata<\/a> (\u2018Pera\u2019 on the map) on the opposite bank of the Golden Horn to the right. European galleons<\/a> and Turkish galleys<\/a> fill the waters of the Bosporus and Golden Horn. The great buildings of the 16th Century Istanbul during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent can be clearly seen, including the Eski Saray<\/em> (old palace), Hippodrome<\/a>, Hagia Sophia<\/a>, Hagia Irene<\/a>, S\u00fcleymaniye Mosque<\/a> and the Topkapi Palace<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The city\u2019s remarkable shape resembles the horn of a rhino, and it possesses extraordinary natural and manmade defenses. The great Theodosian walls<\/a>, initially built in the 5th century (and on which one may walk to this day!), stretch from the Golden Horn to the Sea of Marmara. These walls were amongst the most formidable of all defensive walls in the medieval world.<\/p>\n

In the front the revered and feared Suleiman the Magnificent is escorted by a group of his Janissaries<\/a>, the elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman Sultan\u2019s household troops and bodyguards.<\/p>\n

Suleiman the Magnificent ruled from 1520-1560 and was regarded as the most significant ruler in the world, by both Muslims and Europeans. His military empire expanded greatly both to the east and west, and he threatened to overrun the heart of Europe itself. In Constantinople, he embarked on vast cultural and architectural projects. Istanbul in the middle of the sixteenth century was architecturally the most energetic and innovative city in the world. While he was a brilliant military strategist and canny politician, he was also a cultivator of the arts. Suleiman\u2019s poetry is among the best poetry in Islam, and he sponsored an army of artists, religious thinkers, and philosophers that outshone the most educated courts of Europe.<\/p>\n

Suleiman became a prominent monarch of 16th century Europe, presiding over the apex of the Ottoman Empire\u2019s military, political and economic power and is rembered for his complete reconstruction of the Ottoman legal system. Suleiman personally led Ottoman armies to conquer the Christian strongholds of Belgrade, Rhodes, and most of Hungary before his conquests were checked at the Siege of Vienna<\/a> in 1529. He annexed most of the Middle East in his conflict with the Safavids<\/a> and large swathes of North Africa as far west as Algeria. Under his rule, the Ottoman fleet dominated the seas from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.<\/p>\n

Not only was Suleiman a distinguished poet and goldsmith in his own right; he also became a great patron of culture, overseeing the golden age of the Ottoman Empire\u2019s artistic, literary and architectural development. He spoke five languages: Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, Chagatai<\/a> (a dialect of Turkic languages and related to Uyghur<\/a>), Persian and Serbian.<\/p>\n

The medallions at the bottom show the Ottoman rulers. From left to right: Osman I<\/a> (c.\u20091299 \u2013 1323\/4), Orhan<\/a> (1323\/4 \u2013 1362), Murad I<\/a> (1362 \u2013 1389), Bayezid I<\/a> (1389 \u2012 1402), Mehmed I<\/a> (1413 \u20131421), Murad II<\/a> (1421 \u2013 1444), Mehmed the Conqueror<\/a> (1444 \u20131446 and 1451 \u2013 1481), Bayezid II<\/a> (1481 \u2013 1512), Selim I<\/a> (1512 \u2013 1520), Suleiman the Magnificent<\/a> (1520\u20131566), Selim II<\/a> (1566 \u2013 1574). In the second state of the map, also the portrait of Murad III<\/a> (1574-95) is added in the last medallion, still blank here.<\/p>\n

Price: SOLD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISTANBUL DURING ITS GOLDEN ERA \u201cByzantium Nunc Constantinopolis\u201d (Byzantium, now Constantinople), copper engraving published in 1572 by Georg Braun & Franz Hogenberg. Coloured by a later (?) hand. Size 33.2 cm x 48.3 cm. 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