Mecca al-Mukarrama, Turkey, 19th century - Canvas Prints Christian Art — Modern Period Collection It shows a tiger

It shows a tiger

Clouds have come up and the round shape of the full moon is half hidden behind the banks of cloud at the horizon

most apparent here in his transcription of the effects of sunlight

and a haunting score

Bruegel set the story as a contemporary Flemish atrocity so that the soldiers wear the distinctive clothing of the Spanish army and their German mercenaries

Mecca al-Mukarrama, Turkey, 19th century - Canvas Prints Christian Art — Modern Period Collection It shows a tigerA rare and important landscape of the Holy City of Mecca in oil on canvas. Topographic panorama views of Mecca are relatively rare, and oil paintings of Mecca are the rarest type and most are of Ottoman origin, like the present example. The painting is bold and striking. The city is seen from a high viewpoint, with the sun casting strong shadows from the upper left. The mosque and the Holy Ka'ba are in the centre with the town houses clustered around,