Portrait of Muhammed ibn Haddu (fl. 1680s) mb-code 2319626 see also 389452 & 389453

see also 389452 & 389453

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Original is oil on panel 15

Portrait of Muhammed ibn Haddu (fl. 1680s) mb-code 2319626 see also 389452 & 389453Half length portrait of the Moroccan ambassador to the court of Charles II in London. Haddu is shown seated, in Arabic dress and bearded, with a sword cradled loosely across his lap. Behind is an architectural pillar with an inscription within a floral border: 'His Excellency Hamet ben Hamet Ben Haddu Ottom Ambassador Extraordinar from the Emperor of Morocco to his Majesty of Great Brittainne in the Yeare 1682.' This inscription is repeated and