La Sultana Rossa, or Portrait of a Woman, circa 1550 or ca. 1515-20
Oil on canvas
38 x 30 in. (96.5 x 76.2 cm); Framed: 50 1/2 × 41 7/8 × 3 3/4 in. (128.3 × 106.4 × 9.5 cm)
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Known in the West as Roxelana, this painting depicts one of the most famous women of the Ottoman empire. Originally from what is now western Ukraine she was sold at an early age…
Zaidan Gallery 
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