Prayer in the Mosque, 1871, Oil on canvas, 35 x 29 1/2 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, Vesoul 1824

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Prayer in the Mosque, 1871, Oil on canvas, 35 x 29 1/2 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, Vesoul 1824–1904 Paris), Gérôme painted this scene, which depicts the interior of the seventh-century mosque of ‘Amr in Cairo, after his visit to Egypt in 1868. The rows of worshipers, ranging from the dignitary and his attendants to the loincloth-clad Muslim holy man, face Mecca during one of the five daily prayers

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Size: 3977px × 4700px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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