MoorishAmbassador_to_Elizabeth_I.jpg
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Summary
anonymous : Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud ben Mohammed Anoun (b.1558), Moorish Ambassador to Queen Elizabeth I | ||
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Artist |
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Title |
Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud ben Mohammed Anoun, Moorish Ambassador to Queen Elizabeth I
title QS:P1476,en:"Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud ben Mohammed Anoun, Moorish Ambassador to Queen Elizabeth I"
label QS:Len,"Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud ben Mohammed Anoun, Moorish Ambassador to Queen Elizabeth I"
Russian:
«Абд аль-Вахид ибн Масуд ибн Мухаммед Анун, маврский посол к Королеве Елизавете I»
title QS:P1476,ru:"Абд аль-Вахид ибн Масуд ибн Мухаммед Анун, маврский посол к Королеве Елизавете I"
label QS:Lru,"Абд аль-Вахид ибн Масуд ибн Мухаммед Анун, маврский посол к Королеве Елизавете I"
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Object type | painting | |
Genre | portrait | |
Description |
English:
A reproduction of an Elizabethan painting of the Moorish ambassador who visited Queen
Elizabeth I
from
Barbary
in 1600 to propose an alliance against Spain. The original belongs to the collection of the University of Birmingham, England. It is the earliest surviving English portrait of a Muslim sitter.
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Inscriptions to the left: 1600 / Abdulguahid (Abd el-Ouahed). Aetatis (‘Age’) : 42 . Right: Legatus regis Barbariae in Angliam (‘ambassador of the king of Barbary to England’). |
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Depicted people | Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud | |
Date |
circa 1600
date QS:P571,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Medium | oil on oak wood | |
Dimensions |
height: 113 cm (44.4 in); width: 87.6 cm (34.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,113U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,87.6U174728
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Collection | University of Birmingham | |
Accession number |
A0427
(
University of Birmingham
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References | Art UK artwork ID : abd-el-ouahed-ben-messaoud-ben-mohammed-anoun-b-1558-moorish-ambassador-to-queen-elizabeth-i-34714 | |
Source/Photographer | http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/east-west-objects-between-cultures/east-west-room-1 |
Licensing
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