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Jean-Léon Gérôme

81 works

Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904) was a French academic painter and sculptor, known for highly finished scenes from ancient history and of North Africa and the Middle East. Read more

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Painting of tall pine trees and boulders in front of a sunlit snowy mountain under a blue sky.

Alpine Landscape: The Handegg, Switzerland

1850s

Painting of camel riders and a greyhound leaving an oasis at dusk, with palm trees and a domed tomb beside a walled path.

Leaving the Oasis

1880s

Painting of a chariot race in a Roman circus with galloping horses, dust clouds, and a crowded stand of spectators.

Chariot Race

1876

Painting of a young man in a striped turban and pink silk jacket, glancing over his shoulder, with a rifle and pistol.

Bashi-Bazouk

1868-69

Painting of a Cairo cafe interior with men in turbans, a brazier, a dancer and seated musicians.

Cafe House, Cairo (Casting Bullets)

1884 or earlier

Painting of worshippers praying in a columned mosque with striped arches, hanging lamps, and pigeons on the stone floor.

Prayer in the Mosque

by 1874

Painting of a sculptor embracing a nude marble statue in a studio, with Cupid above and plaster busts along the wall.

Pygmalion and Galatea

ca. 1890

Painting of a tiger lying on rocks with two cubs beside a reflecting pool, set against a dark background.

Tiger and Cubs

ca. 1884

Painting of a Roman amphitheater crowd, a seated ruler under a temple, angels above, and an infant in the foreground.

The Age of Augustus, the Birth of Christ

about 1852-1854

Oil study of fan palms and date palms in grassland under a lavender twilight sky.

Study of Palm Trees

1855/56

Painting of a woman in a green veil and gold coins leaning on a carved wooden balcony with a rose and birdcage.

Woman at a Balcony

1887-88

Painting of an armed guard in red turban beside an archway, with a sleeping dog and donkeys in a sunlit street beyond.

The Guard

1889

Painting of a nude snake charmer with a python beside a flute player, watched by seated men before blue tiled walls.

The Snake Charmer

1879

Painting of worshippers praying beside an ornate wooden cenotaph hung with banners in a blue-tiled interior, by Jean-Léon Gér

The Sentinel at the Sultan’s Tomb

1880

Painting of courtiers bowing on a grand staircase before a cardinal in red, with a monk reading beside a heraldic shield.

Jean-leon-gerome-l-eminence-grise 1873

1873

Painting of a harem bathhouse with a hookah attendant, reclining and seated nude women, blue tilework and light beams.

Pool in a Harem

1876

Painting of a Roman slave auction with a nude woman on a platform, a robed auctioneer, and a crowd of bidders raising hands.

Slave Market in Ancient Rome

1884

Painting of a duel aftermath in snowy woods: a clown-costumed man is supported as a figure in red lies fallen, harlequins wat

The Duel After the Masquerade

1857

Painting of a rider on a black horse looking toward the Great Sphinx and distant troops in a desert landscape.

Bonaparte before the Sphinx

1886

Painting of a male lion standing watchfully on a sunlit rock overlooking a desert plain under a blue sky.

Lion on the Watch

c. 1885

Painting of a veiled woman in a doorway of a stone wall with a hanging lantern and red slippers on the step.

Arab Woman in a Doorway

1870

Portrait of a dark-haired woman with an ivy wreath against a turquoise background, painted by Jean-Léon Gérôme.

Head of an Italian Woman

c. 1847

Painting of riders and robed figures on a stone bridge over a canal, with a minaret, palm trees, and a town beyond.

View of Medinet El-Fayoum

c. 1868/1870

Oil portrait of a bearded man in velvet hunting dress and bowler hat with a black dog in a misty forest.

Edouard Delessert

1864

Nude woman climbing out of a stone well in a walled garden, with ivy, a rope pulley and a broom beside her.

La Vérité sortant du puits

1896

Woman in red classical tragedy costume with laurel wreath beside a theatre mask, pedestal and golden statue.

Rachel (1821-1858), en costume de tragédie

1859

Painting of a lion approaching kneeling martyrs in a Roman arena, with a crowd in the stands and crosses at the edge.

The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer

1863

Dressed nobleman with sword and plumed hat stands in a tulip field as soldiers run across it toward a Dutch village.

The Tulip Folly

1882

Painting of a standing officer in a bicorne hat and embroidered coat, with domed mosques and horsemen in the background at du

Napoleon in Egypt

1863

Painting of two young Greeks watching a cockfight on a terrace by the sea, with a marble pedestal and a seated woman beside t

Un combat de coqs, dit aussi Jeunes Grecs faisant battre des coqs

1846

Painting of courtiers and guards in a grand palace staircase, with a bowing man in red and banners of many colours.

Reception of Le Grand Condé by Louis XIV at Versailles in 1674

1878

Full-length portrait of a woman in black velvet and blue satin before an ornate interior with red armchairs and a large paint

Portrait de Charlotte de Rothschild by Jean-Léon Gérôme

1866

Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904) was a French academic painter and sculptor, known for highly finished scenes from ancient history and of North Africa and the Middle East. Browse 81 works by Jean-Léon Gérôme from 52 museums, free to download in HD.