1849
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Egypt and Nubia, Volume III: Tombs of the Caliphs-Cairo. Mosque of Ayed Be[y] is a 1849 by Louis Haghe, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This drawing shows a grand mosque with a big dome and two tall towers. In front, a river runs with boats carrying people and animals. The buildings around it look old and worn, with arched windows and flat roofs. The artist focused on the mosque’s details, like the patterned dome and the way light hits the stone. The scene feels quiet but busy, with people going about their day near the water. Next, check out The Cleveland Museum of Art to see more works like this.
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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