Fatih by Bellini
"And Swann felt very close to Mehmet II, whom he knew from the portraits by Bellini. According to his Venetian biographer, in order to overcome his obsession for the concubine he loved with great passion, the conqueror of Istanbul stabbed her and thereby reached a peaceful state of mind."
Marcel Proust, A la recherche du temps perdu
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