Bartholomus Schachman 1559 1614 The Art Of Travel Exhibition Bartholomus Schachman 1559 1614 The Art Of Travel Organized By The Orientalist Museum Doha Staged At The Temporary Exhibition Gallery Al Riwaq Doha From 15 November 2012 To 11 February 2013

Olga Nefedova

"A detailed account of one of Bartholomäus Schachman’s most important journeys across the Ottoman Empire, from 1588 to 1589, shown through a never-before-published selection of 100 watercolor miniatures. Traveler and explorer, art patron and collector, benefactor and connoisseur, politician and mayor, Bartholomäus Schachman lived in a time of major political and religious changes in Europe, when both religious and secular arts flourished under the great expansion of the Ottoman Empire. Schachman’s journey through the Ottoman Empire lasted only two years, from 1588 to 1589, and his album, as shown through the watercolor miniatures he collected during this journey, became one of the greatest travelogues of the sixteenth century."--Publisher description.