Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1871 - Prayer in the Mosque - fine art print

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The 19th century artpiece called Prayer in the Mosque was created by the French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme. The version of the artpiece was painted with the size: 35 x 29 1/2 in (88,9 x 74,9 cm). Oil on canvas was used by the European artist as the technique for the piece of art. Today, the artpiece is in the the art collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The modern art artwork, which belongs to the public domain is provided with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Bequest of Catharine Lorillard Wolfe, 1887. Moreover, the artpiece has the creditline: Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Bequest of Catharine Lorillard Wolfe, 1887. The alignment of the digital reproduction is portrait and has an aspect ratio of 1 : 1.2, meaning that the length is 20% shorter than the width. The painter Jean-Léon Gérôme was a European artist from France, whose artistic style was primarily Realism. The French artist was born in the year 1824 and deceased at the age of 80 in 1904.

Original artwork information as provided from the museum's website (© - by The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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. It is unlikely, however, that Gérôme witnessed a service at this particular mosque, which had fallen into disuse by 1868. Rather, the image is probably a composite of sketches and photographs of various sites. Gérôme traveled widely in the Middle East; more than two-thirds of his paintings are devoted to Orientalist subjects.

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