Page 5 - The Age of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent

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Exhibition Dates
National Gallery of Art, Washington, 25 January-17 May 1987
The Art Institute of Chicago, 14 June-7 September 1987
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 4 October 1987-17 January 1988

Cover design by Zeki Findikoglu

Frontispiece: Illuminated tugra of Sultan Suleyman, c. 1550 (Istanbul, Topkapi Sarayí Müzesi, G.Y. 1400)
Copyright © 1987. Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Atil, Esin
The age of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent.
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
I. Art, Ottoman—Exhibitions. 2. Turkey—Civilization—16th
century—Exhibitions. 3. Suleyman I, Sultan of the Turks,
1494 or 1495-1566—Art patronage—Exhibitions. National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
II. Title.
N7165.A85 1987 709' .56T0740153 86-19179
ISBN 0-89468-098-6 (paper)
ISBN 0-8109-1855-2 (cloth)