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Jean-Léon Gérôme

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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

Lion on the Watch

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

Head of an Italian Woman

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

Woman's head with ram horns

1853

Painting of women in a classical Greek interior with columns, reclining nudes, a fur rug, and a standing figure with a green

Greek Interior" Alternative title: French: Scène de gynécéeGynaeceumtitle QS:P1476,fr:"Scène de gynécée

1848

Painting of a bearded old man with a halo lying beside a sleeping lion in a cave, with a scroll and staff nearby.

Saint Jerome

1874

Man in white turban and red trousers stands with a dagger among several hounds, with palm trees and cactus behind him.

The Negro Master of the Hounds

1871

Painting of nude women bathing and resting in a vaulted interior with a pool and hookah, by Jean-Léon Gérôme.

The Bathers

1889

Oval oil portrait of a man in a dark waistcoat, white cravat and grey overcoat, set against a brown background.

Portrait of Mr Leblond

1844

Woman in a white satin gown holding a black cat beside a marble fireplace and gilt mantel clock.

Portrait of Marie-Anne d'Escoubleau de Sourdis, Madame Charles-Joachim Lefèvre (1853-1938), Previously Thought to be…

1867

Painting of a sunlit Egyptian town with minarets, palms, a stone bridge, horsemen and robed figures beside a canal.

View of Medinet El-Fayoum

1868

Painting of a nude woman seated on a wooden stool as an attendant washes her back in a turquoise-tiled bathhouse.

The Bath

1880

Painting of a mosque interior with striped arches, rows of praying men, hanging lamps, and pigeons on the stone floor.

Prayer in the Mosque Alternative title(s): The mosque of Borurssa

1871

Painting of robed men praying at a sunlit ashlar stone wall in Jerusalem, with tufts of plants growing from its joints.

Solomon's Wall, Jerusalem (The Wailing Wall)

1867

Painting of a file of men in robes walking barefoot across desert sand, flanked by armed guards in white kilts and turbans.

Egyptian Recruits Crossing the Desert

1857

Men in turbans praying in a mosque interior with marble floors, stone columns and a wooden balcony.

Jean-Léon Gérôme - Prayers in the Mosque (1892) (Sotheby's)

1892

Painting of a seated man in a red robe and turban in a tiled interior with a hookah and dagger.

Markos Botsaris

1874

Oil portrait of a veiled woman in a green robe and yellow dress holding a fan before a red patterned tapestry.

Woman from Constantinople

1876

Painting of a mounted officer in a bicorne hat on a grey horse, with a minaret and domed building behind him.

Le Général Bonaparte au Caire, ébauche

Painting of a rider in white robes tending a chestnut horse lying on desert sand, with sunlit cliffs and mountains behind.

Jean-Léon Gérôme - Rider and his Steed in the Desert (1872)

1872

Classical courtyard painting of a bearded man and a nude woman beside a reclining youth, a white dog, and a servant.

Socrates seeking Alcibiades in the house of Aspasia

1861

Painting of two men conversing by a fireside in a tiled interior, with a black cat by the hearth and a rifle on the wall.

A Chat by the Fireside, Gérôme, 1881

1881

Painting of courtiers in a gilded palace room gathered around a seated man in a blue plumed hat at a table.

Louis XIV and Molière

1862

Painting of a robed man on a rock in the desert waving to scatter a swirling flock of larks.

Arab frightening larks away

1900

Painting of an armed man in white skirt and blue turban standing in a brick archway beside seated men and a latticed window.

Corps de garde d'arnautes au Caire

1861

Painting of a veiled women in a green kiosk by the sea, with an armored guard holding a spear in the foreground.

Jean-Léon Gérôme - The Harem in the Kiosk (1870) (Sotheby's) 099l1905-b9ddk

1870

Head of a Peasant from the Roman Countryside (Giacomo Orlandi)

1843

Painting of a rider on a white horse leaping toward a fiery chasm before a crowd in a classical Roman forum.

The leap of Marcus Curtius

1850

Night view of Roman Forum ruins with a tall Corinthian column, temple columns, an ox and cart under a starry sky.

Le Forum, la nuit

1842

Painting of a haloed saint in white vestments holding an infant, with women and a nun in a stone arched interior.

Saint Vincent of Paule

1847

Two kneeling youths pray in an ornate mosque interior while a standing man bows nearby, beside carved calligraphic wall panel

Young Greeks in the Mosque

1865

Painting of a veiled woman in a blue gold-embroidered robe holding a cane against a red background.

'Veiled Circassian Beauty'

1876

Painting of turbaned men in a stone courtyard examining a large patterned carpet hung from a balcony, with rugs on the floor.

The Carpet Merchant / Carpet Merchant in Cairo

1887

Tiger seated on a sandy dune gazing over a vast desert plain toward distant riders and arid hills under blue sky.

Tiger on the Watch

1888

Painting of a kneeling man in blue drapery tending a roaring lion's paw inside a dark rocky cave.

Androcles

1902

Painting of a bearded man in green robe and black hat reading before a massive stone wall with plants in its cracks.

The Wailing Wall

1880

Painting of women on a carpet before a wall and wooden window, with a turbaned man watching from above and a parrot.

The Slave Market

1871

Painting of a lion drinking from a pool in a rocky desert oasis with palm trees and cliffs under a blue sky.

Lion in the Desert

1885

Oil painting of a reclining tiger facing the viewer, lying on dirt among dry branches and dark undergrowth.

Tiger

Painting of a formal court reception with kneeling envoys in colorful robes before a throne and gathered courtiers in a gilde

Reception of the Siamese ambassadors by the Emperor Napoleon III at the Palace of Fontainebleau, 27 June 1861

1864

Painting of an autumn forest clearing with an orange tree, golden ferns, and two deer under a cloudy sky.

Souvenir of Achéres

1903

Painting of women washing and carrying water by a pool, with palm trees, white buildings, and a minaret under a blue sky.

Fellah Women Drawing Water

1873

Painting of a female dancer in pink and gold performing before seated men and musicians in a dim vaulted room.

Dance of the Almeh

1863

Painting of a standing allegorical woman in white robes with an olive branch and sword, beside a resting lion under a rainbow

The Republic

1848

Portrait of an Egyptian Fellah

about 1856

Pencil portrait of a woman with hair in a smooth bun, faint smile, and sketched shoulders on tan paper.

Portrait Head of a Woman

1800s

Study for "The Reception of the Siamese Ambassadors at Fontainebleau"

1861-1864

Etching of a seated man in a turban smoking a long pipe, with a sword across his lap and a sash at his waist.

Fumeur (Smoker)

1868

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a turban and layered robes with a sash, one hand raised, by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1857.

Arnaut Officer in Prayer

1857

Julius Caesar

ca. 1863

Graphite drawing of a draped reclining male figure with bare feet, signed by Jean-Léon Gérôme.

The Dead Caesar

1859

Graphite sketch of a man in a turban and long robe seen from behind, one arm extended to the side.

A Muslim Preparing for Prayer

ca. 1862-67