Prayer in the Mosque

Prayer in the Mosque
Artist	Jean-Léon Gérôme
Year	1871
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	88.9 cm × 74.9 cm (35.0 in × 29.5 in)
Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession	87.15.130

Prayer in the Mosque is an oil on canvas painting by French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme, from 1871. It depicts the interior of an Egyptian mosque where worshipers are seen praying. Some pigeons are also visible. The orientalist painting is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York.^[1][2]

1. ^ "Prayer in the Mosque". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
2. ^ Edward Strahan [Earl Shinn], ed. The Art Treasures of America. Philadelphia, [1880], vol. 1, pp. 126–27, 134, calls it "In the Mosque of Amrou" in the text and "Sheik at Devotions, Ancient Mosque in Cairo" in the list of works in Miss Wolfe's collection.

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