An allegory relating to the fortunes of the Turks, a winged figure probably representing Time stands on a fallen Turk while sharpening a blade on a wheel inscribed with the continents that is being turned by a semi-dressed figure, at right the city of Vardino (northwest Romania near the Hungarian border) that was held by the Turks from 1660 to 1692.

Giuseppe Maria Mitellica. 1692

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Title: An allegory relating to the fortunes of the Turks, a winged figure probably representing Time stands on a fallen Turk while sharpening a blade on a wheel inscribed with the continents that is being turned by a semi-dressed figure, at right the city of Vardino (northwest Romania near the Hungarian border) that was held by the Turks from 1660 to 1692.
Creator: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli
Date Created: ca. 1692
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 11 15/16 × 16 5/16 in. (30.4 × 41.5 cm) Plate: 7 5/16 × 10 1/16 in. (18.5 × 25.5 cm)
Type: Print
External Link: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/730799
Medium: Etching
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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