The Mosque

La Mosquée

The Mosque

Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1881

Musée d'Orsay

Paris, France

About this painting

Painted during Renoir's 1881 trip to Algiers, this scene shows a crowd gathered for a festival at the ruined ramparts of the Kasbah. Claude Monet later owned the painting himself.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

73.5 × 92.5 cm (28.9 × 36.4 in)

Painted at

Algiers, Algeria

Current location

Musée d'Orsay, Paris

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