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Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904) was a French painter and sculptor whose work encompassed antiquity, history and Orientalist subjects. A pupil of Paul Delaroche, he attracted attention at the Salon of 1847 with Young Greeks Attending a Cockfight, begun the previous year. Smooth surfaces, precise drawing and clear colours characterised his Neo-Greek manner at this stage. His compositions organised action as a meticulously constructed spectacle.
Reproductions of his paintings helped disseminate them across Europe and America. Later in his career, Gérôme also explored polychrome sculpture. Pygmalion and Galatea, painted around 1890 and held by the Metropolitan Museum, shows a statue coming to life. Painted and sculpted variations on this subject connect different viewpoints of the figure and investigate the boundaries between the living body and its representation.
This profile brings together identity references for Jean-Léon Gérôme and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Genève Enchères · Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer · Piguet
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Oil on canvas on wood
Deux études de personnage siamois
Öl auf Leinwand auf Holz
Catalogue period : 2025-04-02
Published result : 40648 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 15000–20000
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Oil on canvas
Léopard aux aguets
huile sur toile
Date to be documented
Published result : 43000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 15000–20000
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Medium — source: 8 eaux-fortes hors-texte gravées par Ricardo de Los-Rios d’après Jean-Léon Gérôme et Benjamin Constant
Les Orientales, 1882 — eaux-fortes par Ricardo de Los-Rios d’après Jean-Léon Gérôme et Benjamin-Constant
8 eaux-fortes hors-texte gravées par Ricardo de Los-Rios d’après Jean-Léon Gérôme et Benjamin Constant
gravé par Ricardo de Los-Rios d’après Gérôme et Benjamin-Constant
Auction date : 2016-12-13
Attribution — source: gravé par Ricardo de Los-Rios d’après Gérôme et Benjamin-Constant
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Published result : 400 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 400–600
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