The artwork, titled “Mohammed the Prophet,” was painted by Nicholas Roerich in 1925. Executed on canvas using tempera as the medium, it belongs to the Symbolism art movement. Measuring 74 by 117 centimeters, the religious painting is housed in the Roerich Museum in Moscow, Russia.
In the artwork, a solitary figure, presumably the Prophet Mohammed, is depicted standing on a rugged mountainside. The figure is enshrouded in a flowing robe, gazing towards a luminous apparition emerging from a fiery mist. The apparition seems to convey a divine or prophetic vision. The background is dominated by a vast expanse of undulating mountains, rendered in striking hues of purple and pink, blending harmoniously into the sky which holds a crescent moon. The scene exudes a sense of mystical reverence and otherworldly serenity, characteristic of the Symbolist movement.
