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Abraham Archibald Anderson
American, 1847 – 1940
The Mosque, 1875
Oil on canvas
46 x 27 in. (116.8 x 68.6 cm.)
Gift of Dr. Eleanor A. Campbell 1942.4.1
Sacred Destination
Cairo, known as “the city of a thousand minarets,” inspired Anderson to make on-site sketches during his 1874 visit to Egypt. Once he returned to his New York studio, he produced paintings based on his drawings. The Mosque is likely a composite of several different architectural elements, inspired primarily by the mosques and mausoleums of Emir Qurqumas and Sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay.
