ISBN Heritage of Art Diplomacy : Memoirs of an Ambassador

A new insight into the history of the seventeenth-century OttomanHabsburg relations. and the story of the Kuefstein Embassy told in a novel way The volume presents for the. first time four seventeenth-century paintings commissioned by the Habsburg Ambassador Hans-Ludwig von Kuefstein after his diplomatic mission to Istanbul. accompanied by twelve gouache works from a collection in Austria. In spite of its diplomatic and political success in the OttomanHabsburg relations. The Kuefsteins embassy is remembered first of all for its artistic legacy documented by the ambassadors diary. the draft of a final report to the Emperor. diplomatic correspondence. a list of gifts presented and received. and last but not least. a series of gouaches. executed in Istanbul. and a series of oil paintings which serve to...