Nakkaş Osman

Nakkaş Osman was the chief miniaturist of the Ottoman court in the second half of the 16th century. He illustrated the official histories that the court historian Seyyid Lokman wrote for Sultan Murad III, among them the Şehname-i Selim Han and the Hünername, and most of his works date from the last quarter of the century. His dates of birth and death are not known.