1838
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Egypt and Nubia: Volume III - No. 36, Interior of the Mosque of the Sultan El Ghoree is a 1838 by Louis Haghe, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This print shows the inside of a Cairo mosque built in 1501–1516. Louis Haghe used precise lines to show the mosque’s tall arches and carved wood screens. Soft light filters through lattice windows, warming the stone floors. The mosque’s main dome once crowned an unused royal tomb. Haghe’s careful lines highlight geometric patterns on the walls and mihrab. You can still visit this mosque today in historic Cairo. Check out prints by Louis Haghe (British, 1806–1885).
The mosque of the Sultan El Ghoree was built by the Mamluk Sultan, Qansuh al-Ghuri (ruled 1501–16) according to sacred proportions. The lavish complex included an elegant fountain, a college, and the sultan’s own mausoleum, which was never used. Today, the mosque is still part of the historic urban fabric of modern Cairo. This print shows a view into its interior. Artist David Roberts travelled in the Middle East and North Africa, particularly Egypt, from 1838 to 1839. During his journey, Roberts produced a great number of sketches. He developed these into watercolors, which were the basis…
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Louis Haghe (17 March 1806 – 9 March 1885) was a lithographer and watercolourist from the Netherlands and then the United Kingdom.
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