An Islamic Prophet Appearing in the Courtyard of a Prison in Alexandri

A pen and wash drawing of a walled courtyard, with a gated arch at right and a minaret and domed building beyond the wall. A half-clothed central figure is surrounded by robed men, some kneeling, while another man at right raises his arms. The scene is drawn in fine hatched ink with soft gray tone.

Look closer: A small dog sits near the lower left figures, and a seated figure rests in the left background.

Artist

Jan Goeree

Date

ca. 1706

Medium

Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, over a sketch in red chalk, incised for transfer; double framing lines in pen and brown ink, probabl

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3374 × 2518 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, C. G. Boerner Gift, 2008