Group of men and women camels and foot trekking through the desert to Mecca.
Image Credit

Léon Belly, Pilgrims going to Mecca, (Pèlerins allant à la Mecque), 1861. Oil paint on canvas; 63 in. × 7 ft. 11¼ in. (160 × 242 cm). Musee d’Orsay, Paris. © RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource, NY. Photograph by Franck Raux.

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Léon Belly, Pilgrims going to Mecca, (Pèlerins allant à la Mecque), 1861. Oil paint on canvas; 63 in. × 7 ft. 11¼ in. (160 × 242 cm). Musee d’Orsay, Paris. © RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource, NY. Photograph by Franck Raux.