Edward Mortelmans

Artist: Edward Mortelmans
Medium: Watercolour on Board
Size: 4" x 9" (110mm x 230mm)
Date: 1970

This is the original Watercolour painting by Edward Mortelmans.

This watercolour painting was used to in a book about pirate history circa 1970. This is a portrait of Piyale Pasha. In 1554 he captured the islands of Elba and Corsica with a large fleet which included famous Ottoman admirals like Turgut Reis and Salih Reis. The following year Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent assigned him with the task of helping France against the Spaniards upon request by the mother of King Francois II, and Piyale Pasha set sail on 26 June 1555.

The Ottoman fleet met the French fleet at Piombino and successfully repulsed a Spanish attack on France while conquering several Spanish fortresses on the Mediterranean Sea. In 1568 he was promoted to Vizier, becoming the first admiral in Ottoman history to reach this rank. He failed to capture Malta due to the resistance of the Knights of St. John. He did however capture the Venetian stronghold of Cyprus.

This art has been sold and is shown in our Archive for interest.
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