Roxelana, Oil Painting On Canvas 17th Century

Delightful little oil painting on canvas depicting ROXELANA, legal wife of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.
The painting is from the Flemish area of ​​the 17th century. Modern gilded frame. Cm. 38.5x30

Hürrem Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: خُرّم سلطان, "the joyful" or "she who brings joy"; born Aleksandra Anastasija Lisowska and also known in Europe as Roxelana (c. 1504 – 1558 Constantinople) was the favorite concubine and later legal wife of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, and the mother of his successor Selim II. She became one of the most powerful and influential women in Ottoman history as a prominent and controversial figure of the period known as the Sultanate of Women.
Hurrem gained power, influencing the politics of the Ottoman Empire. Through her husband, she played an active role in state affairs. She probably acted as the sultan's informant, writing diplomatic letters to King Sigismund II Augustus of Poland, and sponsored large public works (including the complex Haseki Sultan and the Haseki Hurrem Sultana Hamami).