Nakkaş Sinan Bey

Nakkaş Sinan Bey was an Ottoman court miniature painter who lived in the 15th century during Mehmed II's reign. Trained by a European master Maestro Pavli, a critically lauded artist in Venice, Sinan Bey and his later students both specialized in Pavli's field — portraiture — a brand new artistic genre in Ottoman history and tradition. Together, they are known for synthesizing Eastern and Western aesthetics with the application of new materials, techniques, and themes from Italian art to represent their native culture.