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Notwithstanding the prohibition of the Ko- ran, against paintings and images, the Sultan Mahomed Il. had fancy for the arts, and ordered Gentil Bellini, Venetian artist, to paint picture of the beheading of John the Baptist. When the picture was finished, the Sultan found fault with the representation of the wounded part; and to show him that his criticism was correct, he immediately drew his scimitar, and struck off the head of one of his slaves. Bellini, on leaving the pres ence, thinking he had caught Ian ugly cus- tomer,'' set sail for Venice the same evening