Why it matters
Worshipers pray in the interior of an Egyptian mosque, with some pigeons visible. The painting contains several errors: it shows four simultaneous group prayers where in reality there would be only one.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1871.
- The imam in red is not performing the takbir correctly.
- It is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Based on the Wikipedia article Prayer in the Mosque (CC BY-SA 4.0).
