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Originally Posted by Teisani
- As we can see 1), 2), & 6) are pretty much the same depiction. Difficult to know who was first, 1) or 6). My bet is on 6), but this is just a baseless guess. Also, look at the mistake in 2), the sabre has only the front quillon, probably due to the poor visibility of the rear quillon in 1).
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Daniel Hopfer made a number of engravings (particularly of landsknechts) that were based on prints of Schön and others, sometimes combining figures from different artists into a new composition. So in general, he's unlikely the original artist with this subject matter.
I checked though, and it seems that actually the true original is a print of Mamelukes by Jan Swart van Groningen, made in 1526.
http://warfare.ga/Ottoman/byEuropean...-Solimanvs.htm
Swart's series of prints does differentiate the nationalities: Turks in turbans are labelled
Haiden - "pagans".