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.
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli
Artist bio: Italian, Bologna (?) 1634–1718 Bologna
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: ca. 1692
Medium: Etching
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)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Carolyn H. Specht Gift and Charles Z. Offin Fund, 2017
Accession year: 2017
Tags: Men|Women|Tools