Thursday, October 23, 2014

Vlad Dracul and Vlad Tepes Portraits

A contemporary painting of Vlad Dracul, father of Vlad Tepes

A 1462 engraving of Vlad Tepes from a Transylvanian Saxon pamphlet

A 1488 painted woodcut of Vlad Tepes from a Nuremberg book

The Ambras Castle portrait of Vlad Tepes, painted in 1560; a copy of a painting made during Vlad III's life, which was later lost

Theodor Aman painted "The Meeting of Vlad Tepes and the Turkish Envoys" - was when they refused to remove their turbans, and Vlad had them nailed to their heads

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