Delacroix depicted the haughty posture of a Moroccan sultan on horseback in a number of works: in these portraits. the parasol is the emblem par excellence of the Alaouite dynasty and Moroccan royalty as a whole. We briefly retrace the history of the parasol as part of royal regalia in the Muslim world. and explore the discrepancy between the very imposing image of the royalty perceiv... https://www.rawafricaonline.com/