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Studio portrait of an actor in in character as an Ottoman in the play 'Miloš Obilić'

Studio portrait of an actor in in character as an Ottoman in the play 'Miloš Obilić', © Museum of Theater Art of SerbiaenlargeStudio portrait of an actor in in character as an Ottoman in the play 'Miloš Obilić', © Museum of Theater Art of Serbia

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Object:Studio portrait of an actor in in character as an Ottoman in the play 'Miloš Obilić'
Description:Full-length shot of a man dressed like an Ottoman sultan or prince.
Comment:Miloš Obilić (Boj na Kosovu)' is a tragedy by Jovan Subotić (1817, Dobrinci – 1886, Zemun). It is based on the allegedly historical figure of Miloš Obilić, a medieval Serbian knight in Prince Lazar's service during the invasion of the Ottoman Empire. Suppoedly, he was the legendary assassin of the Ottoman Sultan Murad I. in the 1389 Battle of Kosovo.
Date:Not before 1896, Not after 1903
Location:Belgrade
Country:Serbia
Type:Photograph
Creator:Jovanović, Milan, (Photographer)
Dimensions:Artefact: 147mm x 106mm
Format:Cabinet
Technique:Not specified
Keywords:290 Clothing > 292 Special Garments
300 Adornment
510 Living Standards and Routines > 516 Postures
530 Arts > 536 Drama
540 Commercialized Entertainment > 545 Musical and Theatrical Productions
820 Ideas about Nature and Man
Copyright:Muzej Pozorišne Umetnosti Srbije
Archive:Museum of Theater Art of Serbia, Inv. No.: II-639
License:This picture is licensed under Creative Commons [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0]
Editor:Ana Djordjevic
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