A brand-new portrait of Europe’s first Muslim ruler, Abd al-Rahman I, emir of the Umayyad dynasty in Cordoba in the 8th century. The green tones are suggestive of the emir’s great love of plants and his work as an early environmentalist; the famous horseshoe arch represents his foundation of the Great Mosque of Cordoba, one of the world’s iconic Islamic buildings. This is the first of a pair of portraits of Spain’s earliest Muslim rulers.
Abd al-Rahman
