“Sultan Süleyman and the Süleymaniye Mosque” linocut print framed on a wall (room mockup)

Close-up of the framed “Sultan Süleyman and the Süleymaniye Mosque” print, showing the paper and mat

1:1 detail of “Sultan Süleyman and the Süleymaniye Mosque”, showing the linocut texture

“Sultan Süleyman and the Süleymaniye Mosque”, the full linocut print

Size chart: the five file ratios with pixel size and dpi

The original museum image of “Sultan Süleyman and the Süleymaniye Mosque” beside the Tiraj linocut version

Linocut · Old Istanbul

Sultan Süleyman and the Süleymaniye, Linocut Print

after Melchior Lorck, 1574 (or earlier), altered in 1688

Technique: Indigo linocut on washi
Colour: Deep indigo
Original: “Sultan Süleyman and the Süleymaniye Mosque, Constantinople”, Melchior Lorck (Danish, c. 1526–after 1583), 1574 (or earlier), altered in 1688
Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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Not AI-generated. Made with Tiraj, our own printmaking simulation, from a public-domain museum image. Every colour and setting was chosen and checked by hand.

Melchior Lorck's 16th-century portrait of Sultan Süleyman before the Süleymaniye Mosque, recut as a single-block linocut in deep indigo on warm washi paper, like an ukiyo-e block.

The original

“Sultan Süleyman and the Süleymaniye Mosque, Constantinople” by Melchior Lorck (Danish, c. 1526–after 1583), 1574 (or earlier), altered in 1688, is in the public domain. The image comes from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which shares it under CC0 (no rights reserved).

The print

Tiraj redraws the engraving as a linocut: one block carved in directional strokes that follow the robe, the arch and the mosque behind, printed in deep indigo. In 1688 the plate was altered to represent Ibrahim I, and his name is still on the column.

The paper tone is part of the artwork; print on white matte paper. The warm washi fibres and the printing texture are printed into the file.

What’s included

5 high-resolution JPEG files (sRGB), one per proportion:

Ratio	Print sizes	Pixels	Resolution
2:3	4×6, 8×12, 12×18, 16×24, 20×30, 24×36 in	6441×9662 px	268 dpi at 24×36
3:4	6×8, 9×12, 12×16, 18×24 in	5400×7200 px	300 dpi at 18×24
4:5	4×5, 8×10, 16×20 in	4800×6000 px	300 dpi at 16×20
11:14	11×14 in	3300×4200 px	300 dpi at 11×14
ISO A	A5, A4, A3, A2, A1	5634×7977 px	241 dpi at A1

The 2:3 file is 268 dpi at 24×36 in; the ISO A file is 241 dpi at A1 and 300 dpi or more at the smaller sizes. The other files are 300 dpi at their largest size.

The 2:3 file keeps the whole picture with a paper margin, because cropping would cut into the subject; the other files are cropped slightly to fill the sheet.

Printing tips

Use heavyweight white matte paper (200 gsm or more, archival matte or cotton rag). Print at 100% / actual size, not 'fit to page', and pick the file that matches your frame.
Colours can vary slightly between screens and printers.

License

The original is in the public domain (verified with the museum’s API on 2026-11-06). The Tiraj interpretation is ours: the files are for personal use only. Print them for your own home or as a gift; please don’t resell, share or redistribute the files or sell prints made from them. Full license.

Digital download: nothing is shipped, frame not included. Colours vary slightly between screens and printers.