Matrakçı Nasuh

Visual Arts & Architecture~1480 – ~1564

Topographic miniatures — polymath and painter

Historian, mathematician, swordsman, and creator of topographic city views that have no parallel in Islamic or European art of his time.

Key works

  • Beyan-ı Menazil-i Sefer-i Irakeyn~1537Topographic city views of the Iraq campaign — unique in world art
    Istanbul University Library

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