The Moorish Proselytes of Archbishop Ximenes, 1500, Granada, 1873
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Art UK, Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Art UK, Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
The Moorish Proselytes pf Archbishop Ximenes, 1500, Granada, oil on canvas, 186.5 x 273 cm, 1873, artist: Edwin Long; source: Art UK, Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-moorish-proselytes-of-archbishop-ximenes-granada-1500-58928#, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en.
This painting from 1873 by the English artist Edwin Long (1829–1891) shows the forced mass conversion of muslim citizens of Granada, watched by the then Archbishop (later Cardinal) Ximénez de Cisneros (1436–1517).
The Moorish Proselytes pf Archbishop Ximenes, 1500, Granada, oil on canvas, 186.5 x 273 cm, 1873, artist: Edwin Long; source: Art UK, Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).