Tombs of Great Arab Saints to be seen in the Neighborhood of Rosetta,

Pale domed tombs rise above a stone wall and low arcades, with palm trees framing the scene. Figures in long robes and a man with a load stand beside a shallow pool and a stone bridge, under a soft, hazy sky.

Look closer: A figure stoops at the water's edge in the foreground, nearly lost against the dark bank.

Artist

Luigi Mayer

Date

ca. 1800

Medium

Watercolour and bodycolor, over graphite

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3969 × 2724 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2009