A carved wooden plaque depicting the mosque of Sultan Suleyman (r. 1520-1566) signed by the sculptor Mikael Condopidius in Constantinople, dated 1678

of square form, deep carving in relief of the mosque of Sultan Suleyman, signed and dated to the front, the reverse with further handwritten eighteenth-century inscription

overall in good condition. the reverse with hole where it would have been hung from. 2 or 3 small abrasions to the wood at the back. some minor scratches throughout, as viewed.
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inscriptions

Recto (carved): Veue de la mosquee de Sultan Suleiman / Mikael Condopidius naxiensis sculpsit 1678

"View of the mosque of Sultan Suleyman / carved by the sculptor from Naxos Mikael Condopidius in 1678"

Verso (in ink): Mosquée de Sultan Solyman, gravée à Constantinople l'an 1678 par Michel Condopidi natif de l'isle de Naxi dans l'Archipel

"The mosque of Sultan Suleyman carved in Constantinople in the year 1678 by Michel Condopidi, a native of the island of Naxos in the Archipelago."