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Pilgrims going to Mecca (French: Pèlerins allant à La Mecque) is a painting by Léon Belly. It is a very large (160 cm x 242 cm) oil on canvas work. It won a first class medal at the Salon of 1861, was bought by the state from the artist, and originally displayed at the Musée du Luxembourg. Since 1983 it has been part of the collection at the Musée d'Orsay, in Paris. From the time it was first exhibited it has been considered a masterpiece of orientalist painting.[1]
^"Pélerins allant à La Mecque". musee-orsay.fr. Musée d’Orsay. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
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