Jean-Léon Gérôme
French Artist · 1824–1904
8 works across 2 collections on LinkedCulture
Despite the discouragement of his goldsmith father, Jean-Léon Gérôme spent a trial period in the studio of a Parisian artist. There he struggled, painting religious cards and selling them on the steps of churches in order to survive. After a few years, he left for Italy. In the late 1840s the French government gave Gérôme a monumental commission to paint the massive *Age of Augustus.* In preparati
Works
View as IIIF ↗A Muslim Preparing for Prayer
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1862–67
#414247
Arnaut Officer in Prayer
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1857
#337194
Assan, a Young Man
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1855–56
#441365
Bashi-Bazouk
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1868–69
#440723
Portrait of an Egyptian Fellah
Getty Museum · about 1856
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Prayer in the Mosque
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · by 1874
#436482
Pygmalion and Galatea
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1890
#436483
The Age of Augustus, the Birth of Christ
Getty Museum · about 1852–1854
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