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Gallery: ‘The Sultan’s World’ at BOZAR

From Botticelli to Dürer to Titian, Western artists of the Renaissance were influenced by the art and culture of the Ottoman Empire

Oriental Rider (c. 1495), Albrecht Dürer © Albertina, Wien

‘The Sultan’s World. The Ottoman Orient in Renaissance Art’ at BOZAR, Brussels, looks at how cultural exchanges between the Ottoman Empire and the West influenced the work of Renaissance artists including Bellini, Dürer, Memling and Tintoretto. Here are a few highlights.

Click here for the curator’s introduction to the show

‘The Sultan’s World. The Ottoman Orient in Renaissance Art’ is at BOZAR, Brussels, from 27 February–31 May.

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