Image: Edwin Lord Weeks - Interior of a Mosque at Cordova - Walters 37169

Description: This work, set in the 8th-century Great Mosque of Cordova in Spain may have been begun in 1880 while Weeks was staying in that city. In Weeks' estate sale catalogue, the scene was described as follows: Preaching the holy war against the Christians, the old Moor holds aloft the green flag of Mohammed while he curses the "dogs of Christians" with true religious fervor, and calls upon the followers of Mohammed to drive them out of Spain. Despite the painting's illusion of reality, it is doubtful that such a jihad or holy war would have been called for in a mosque like this.
Title: Interior of a Mosque at Cordova 
Credit: Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
Author: Edwin Lord Weeks
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