Weirdly enough,a lot of Europeans took inspiration from the story of Tumambay/Tuman Bay, including biographies and artwork. I found this article which gives somewhat of an overview and focuses on Andre Thevet’s Les vrais pourtraits et vies des hommes illustrés. According to Milwright, “Thevet’s illustration shows the sultan bound in ropes, bare-headed and looking upward in a beseeching manner that invites comparison with European representations of Christian martyrs.” I have put up some of the European images as well as some of the more Islamicate art about the event. Milwright suggests that the Mamluk obsession, as opposed to just the oriental obsession, is because of the cultural exchanges that happened in Venice.
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