Dracula's nemesis Vlad III’s archenemy Sultan Mehmed II had this portrait painted in 1480 by Gentile Bellini, an Italian painter of the Venetian school. It's now at the National Gallery in ...

The red portrait received passionate, but mixed, ... Vlad Dracula — was born in Wallachia (modern Romania) some time between 1428 and 1431, and he died either in 1476 or 1477.

Albrecht Dürer's self-portrait is a hidden storytelling element in the 1992 film Bram Stoker's Dracula, directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

Portrait of Vlad III, known as Vlad the Impaler or Vlad Dracula after he is said to have enjoyed impaling his enemies Credit: Alamy. Cornel Popescu, manager of Arges County Museum, said Poienari ...

Was Vlad the Impaler the real life Dracula? We’ll look at the history and the myth of literature’s great vampire. A portrait of Vlad III, also known as Vlad the Impaler.

Portrait of Vlad the Impaler (c. 1431-1476), from a painting in Castle Ambras in the Tyrol. Photo by Stock Montage/Getty Images. Jo Lawson-Tancred October 14, 2023 Share Share This Article ...

Vlad the Impaler, the medieval Romanian prince who inspired the character of Count Dracula, was not a blood-thirsty tyrant, he was simply a misunderstood victim of bad Western European propaganda ...

“It’s a complex portrait of what, up until now, have only ever been gruesome pin-up versions of these three women,” Jones said. “And, make no mistake ... Vlad Dracula himself.