Jean-Léon Gérôme, View of Medinet El-Fayoum

Jean-Léon Gérôme

French · 1824–1904 · Painter, Printmaker

Jean-Léon Gérôme was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as academicism. His paintings were so widely reproduced that he was "arguably the world's most famous… (Wikipedia)

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Jean-Léon Gérôme was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as academicism. His paintings were so widely reproduced that he was "arguably the world's most famous living artist by 1880." The range of his works includes historical paintings, Greek mythology, Orientalism, portraits, and other subjects. Gérôme is considered among the most important painters from the academic period and was, with Meissonier and Cabanel, one of "the three most successful artists of the Second Empire".

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Born 1824, VesoulDied 1904, 9th arrondissement of ParisOccupation Painter, Printmaker, Sculptor, DraughtsmanWikidata Q212499 ↗ULAN 500115563 ↗Museum works 21

academic artNeo-Grecneo-PompeianOrientalism

Also known as Gerome, j.l. gerome, Jean Gerome, Jean L. Gérôme, Jean Léon Gérôme, L. Gerome

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Jean-Léon Gérôme, View of Medinet El-Fayoum
View of Medinet El-Fayoumc. 1868/1870 · oil on wood
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Chester Dale Fund — Open Access (CC0)
Jean-Léon Gérôme, Edouard Delessert
Edouard Delessert1864 · oil on panel
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Dr. Edward Wilson and immediate …
Jean-Léon Gérôme, The Dead Caesar
The Dead Caesarc. 1859 · graphite on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund — Open Access (CC0)
Jean-Léon Gérôme, Seated Arab with Pipe
Seated Arab with Pipec. 1864 · etching on laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp — Open Acce…
Jean-Léon Gérôme, Slave Market in Rome
Slave Market in Rome1884
Hermitage Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Hermitage Museum
Jean-Léon Gérôme, Pollice Verso
Pollice Verso1872
Phoenix Art Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Phoenix Art Museum
Jean-Léon Gérôme, Bonaparte Before the Sphinx
Bonaparte Before the Sphinx1867
Hearst Castle ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Hearst Castle
Jean-Léon Gérôme, Venus Rising
Venus Rising1890
http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/a90283a41c3f0d07302a35b098906aaf ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/g…
Jean-Léon Gérôme, The Slave Market
The Slave Market1866
Clark Art Institute ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Clark Art Institute
Jean-Léon Gérôme, The Duel After the Masquerade
The Duel After the Masquerade1857
Condé Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Condé Museum
Jean-Léon Gérôme, Jerusalem
Jerusalem1867
Musée d'Orsay ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Musée d'Orsay
Jean-Léon Gérôme, Phryne before the Areopagus
Phryne before the Areopagus1861
Hamburger Kunsthalle ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Hamburger Kunsthalle
Jean-Léon Gérôme, Lion on the Watch
Lion on the Watchc. 1885 · oil on wood panel
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. F. W. Gehring in memory of her husband,…
Jean-Léon Gérôme, Alpine Landscape:  The Handegg, Switzerland
Alpine Landscape: The Handegg, Switzerland1850s · oil on fabric
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Noah L. Butkin — Open Access (CC0)
Jean-Léon Gérôme, Leaving the Oasis
Leaving the Oasis1880s · oil on wood panel
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin — Open Access (CC0)
Jean-Léon Gérôme, Head of an Italian Woman
Head of an Italian Womanc. 1847 · oil on fabric
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Noah L. Butkin — Open Access (CC0)
Jean-Léon Gérôme, Chariot Race
Chariot Race1876 · Oil on cradled panel
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, George F. Harding Collection — public domain (CC0)
Jean-Léon Gérôme, Anacreon with the Infants Bacchus and Cupid
Anacreon with the Infants Bacchus and CupidModeled 1878, cast c. 1893 · Bronze
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Gustave Leblanc Barbedienne — public domain…
Jean-Léon Gérôme, Portrait of a Woman
Portrait of a Woman1851 · Oil on canvas
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by Silvain and Arma W…
Jean-Léon Gérôme, Napoleon Entering Cairo
Napoleon Entering Cairoc. 1900 · Gilt bronze
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, George F. Harding Collection — public domain (CC0)
Jean-Léon Gérôme, Woman with a Veil
Woman with a Veilc. 1891 · bronze
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, The Thomas L. Fawick Memorial Collection — Open Acce…

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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