Elias Martin A.R.A 1739-1818 Swedish School 18th.Century watercolour drawing. Study of Roxelana Circa.1770. Provenance: Bonhams Travel & Exploration Sale Lot 163. 7/12/2011. 9.5 by 12.5 cms oval image. 24.5 by 28.5 cms overall framed.
Martin was a sucessful genre, history and landscape painter from Stockholm. He worked in the UK during the 1760s and 1780s and was elected an associate member of the newly established Royal Academy.
Roxelana Hürrem Sultan Ca.1504-1588 known as "the joyful one" was the chief consort of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. She was one of the most powerful and influential women in Ottoman history.