Study for "The Sultan of Morocco and His Entourage"
Eugène Delacroix French
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When Delacroix revisited the subject of the sultan in 1856, he further stripped away references to the 1832 diplomatic audience he had witnessed. In a drawing preparatory to a smaller painting, he shifted the leader’s attention to the left and eliminated the ministers and advisers, replacing them with servants who attend to the ruler’s comfort, using long pieces of white cloth to swat away insects.
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