![Caire - Niche de la mosquée sultan [sic] Kalaoun](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F98857bd4-8df0-427e-b2a7-e1a43b5e5304%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
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Caire - Niche de la mosquée sultan [sic] Kalaoun
Creator
Félix BonfilsFrench Photographer · 1831–1885
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- 1870s
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 41679629-5d1d-4d3c-a0c0-8733e34b2438
What the image shows
A section of a mosque's interior, featuring ornate columns and a circular structure with intricate patterns. The setting includes decorative elements such as arches and detailed carvings, all in muted tones. The text at the bottom reads "1896 - Cairo. Niche de la mosquée sultan Al-Azhar."
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From the Getty Museum record
View of the ornately decorated mihrab in the Sultan Qalawun mosque complex, a semicircular niche in the wall that indicates the qibla.
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Places this record points to
- Mosque-Complex of Sultan Qalawun — Cairo, EgyptMatched from the record’s own words: “mosquée sultan Kalaoun, Caire”
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