"Lotto" rug, XVII century, Western Turkey, Ushak Region, Ottoman Empire. Size: 4'0"x6'0"


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"Lotto" rug, second half XVI century, Western Turkey, Ushak Region, Ottoman Empire. Size: 4'0"x6'0", Mirco Cattai

"Miracle of Beatrice Crespi (St Beatrice) healed of breast cancer", 1610. Milan cathedrale (Duomo), Italy.

by Giovanni Battista Crespi (also called Il Cerano) (1567/8-1632)

In this painting, a similar Anatolian-style "Lotto" rug with a green ground border with "cogwheel" motifs is depicted on the table. The rug bears a coat of arms of the Crespi family.