The director of Chiswick House chooses a dramatic 17th century portrait.
Xanthe Arvanitakis on The Ambassador of Morocco by Jan Wyck and Godfrey Kneller
‘Since I joined Chiswick in 2020, this painting, in an octagonal domed saloon on the first floor, has always stopped me in my tracks. It is a portrait of Mohammed bin al Attar, who was sent as an ambassador from Morocco to the Court of Charles II in 1681.
‘He caused a sensation in London and became famous for…
