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Artists›Jean-Léon Gérôme

Jean-Léon Gérôme

1824–1904

WA-00013308

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WikidataQ212499

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Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/jean-leon-gerome
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Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (32)

Napoleon Entering Cairo

1895 · Gilt bronze

38.1 × 43.2 cm (15 × 17 1/16 in.); Base: 68.6 × 35.1 × 53.1 cm (27 × 13 13/16 × 20 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Eagle Expiring, Monument for Waterloo

1895 · Gilt bronze

68.6 × 71.1 cm (27 × 28 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Brief aan Philip Zilcken

1889 · printing on ink, paper

width: 425 cm, height: 425 cm

Rijksmuseum

Brief aan anoniem

1888 · printing on ink, paper

height: 425 cm, width: 425 cm

19 3/4 × 16 3/8 in. (50.2 × 41.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woman with a Veil

1886 · bronze

Overall: 60.5 x 32.7 cm (23 13/16 x 12 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Pygmalion and Galatea

1885 · Oil on canvas

35 x 27 in. (88.9 x 68.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Leaving the Oasis

1880 · oil on wood panel

Framed: 67.3 x 98.4 x 9.5 cm (26 1/2 x 38 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.); Unframed: 50 x 81.2 cm (19 11/16 x 31 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Lion on the Watch

1880 · oil on wood panel

Framed: 105 x 133 x 13.5 cm (41 5/16 x 52 3/8 x 5 5/16 in.); Unframed: 72.3 x 100.5 cm (28 7/16 x 39 9/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Tiger and Cubs

1879 · Oil on canvas

29 x 36 in. (73.7 x 91.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Anacreon with the Infants Bacchus and Cupid

1878 · Bronze

72.4 × 43.8 cm (28 1/2 × 17 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Chariot Race

1876 · Oil on cradled panel

86.3 × 156 cm (34 × 61 7/16 in.); Framed: 108.6 × 174 cm (42 3/4 × 68 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Prayer in the Mosque

1871 · Oil on canvas

35 x 29 1/2 in. (88.9 x 74.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Cafe House, Cairo (Casting Bullets)

1870 · Oil on canvas

21 1/2 x 24 3/4 in. (54.6 x 62.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

View of Medinet El-Fayoum

1868 · oil on wood

overall: 38 × 56 cm (14 15/16 × 22 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Bashi-Bazouk

1868 · Oil on canvas

10 1/4 × 8 1/2 in. (26 × 21.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Bashi-Bazouk

1868 · Oil on canvas

31 3/4 x 26 in. (80.6 x 66 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Study of Palm Trees

1868 · Oil on canvas, laid down on board

10 1/2 × 12 3/4 in. (26.7 × 32.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Seated Arab with Pipe

1864 · etching on laid paper

plate: 12.5 x 9.9 cm (4 15/16 x 3 7/8 in.) sheet: 26.4 x 17.4 cm (10 3/8 x 6 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Egyptian Smoker

1860 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Dead Caesar

1859 · graphite on wove paper

overall: 16.7 x 32.6 cm (6 9/16 x 12 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Julius Caesar

1858 · Graphite on wove paper

image: 7 1/16 x 5 7/8 in. (18 x 15 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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A Muslim Preparing for Prayer

1857 · Black chalk on wove paper

Sheet: 14 1/8 in. × 9 in. (35.9 × 22.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Arnaut Officer in Prayer

1857 · Graphite on wove paper

12 3/4 x 8 13/16 in. (32.4 x 22.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (5)

32 published of 32 catalogued · 19 with image

The Met
13 published
Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published7 img
Art Institute Chicago
5 published5 img
Rijksmuseum
4 published4 img
Nga
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Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Brief aan Philip Zilcken
1889 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Brief aan anoniem
1888 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Brief aan Ignacio de León y Escosura
1844 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Alpine Landscape: The Handegg, Switzerland
1850 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Egyptian Smoker
1860 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Portrait Head of a Woman
1844 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Lion on the Watch
1880 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Woman with a Veil
1886 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Leaving the Oasis
1880 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Brief aan Philip Zilcken
1834 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Images

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Rijksmuseum

Study for "The Reception of the Siamese Ambassadors at Fontainebleau" (1861–1864)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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