Drawings
Index to Paintings
1. A Persian
Pedlar
2. Odalisque
3. Head of an Arab
4. Courtyard of a Mosque at Broussa
5. Pasture, Egypt
6. The Temple of Philae
7. View on the Nile
8. On the Nile
9. View on the Nile
10. A Street in Damascus
11. Old Damascus: Jews' Quarter
12. Portions of the interior of the
Grand Mosque of Damascus
13. The Moorish Garden;
A Dream of Granada
14. The Music Lesson
15. Study; at a Reading Desk
16. A Street in Algiers
17. Damascus: Night
18. Study of Nubian Young Man
19. Eastern Scene, Algiers
20. The Light of the Harem
21. Phoenicians Bartering with
Ancient Britons
2. Odalisque
3. Head of an Arab
4. Courtyard of a Mosque at Broussa
5. Pasture, Egypt
6. The Temple of Philae
7. View on the Nile
8. On the Nile
9. View on the Nile
10. A Street in Damascus
11. Old Damascus: Jews' Quarter
12. Portions of the interior of the
Grand Mosque of Damascus
13. The Moorish Garden;
A Dream of Granada
14. The Music Lesson
15. Study; at a Reading Desk
16. A Street in Algiers
17. Damascus: Night
18. Study of Nubian Young Man
19. Eastern Scene, Algiers
20. The Light of the Harem
21. Phoenicians Bartering with
Ancient Britons
Courtyard of a Mosque at Broussa
Image Details
Title: 'Courtyard of a Mosque at Broussa'
Date: 1867
Media: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 36 x 26.5cm
Location: Cecil Higgins Art Gallery and Museum, Bedford
Picture credit: The Bridgeman Art Library
Interpretation: Leighton executed this work whilst in Broussa (now Bursa), Turkey, the first capital of the Ottoman Empire, on his way from Constantinople (now Istanbul) to Rhodes via Smyrna (Izmir). The subject of this work is not a mosque but the Madrassa (school) of the Muradiye complex of buildings built on the outskirts of the town between 1426-28 by the Ottoman ruler Murat II.
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Date: 1867
Media: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 36 x 26.5cm
Location: Cecil Higgins Art Gallery and Museum, Bedford
Picture credit: The Bridgeman Art Library
Interpretation: Leighton executed this work whilst in Broussa (now Bursa), Turkey, the first capital of the Ottoman Empire, on his way from Constantinople (now Istanbul) to Rhodes via Smyrna (Izmir). The subject of this work is not a mosque but the Madrassa (school) of the Muradiye complex of buildings built on the outskirts of the town between 1426-28 by the Ottoman ruler Murat II.
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