£480 - £580
Jean-Léon Gérôme (11 May 1824 - 10 January 1904).
French painter and sculptor in the style now known as Academicism.
Drawing On Paper Of high quality.
Framed and 12cm by 20cm approx.
He is considered one of the most important painters from this academic period, and in addition to being a painter, he was also a teacher with a long list of students. he studied under Paul Delaroche, whom he accompanied to Italy (1843-44).
He visited Florence, Rome, the Vatican and Pompeii, but he was more attracted to the world of nature.
In 1851, he decorated a vase, later offered by Emperor Napoleon III of France to Prince Albert, now part of the Royal Collection at St. James's Palace, London.
In 1852, Gérôme received a commission by Alfred Emilien Comte de Nieuwerkerke, Surintendant des Beaux-Arts to the court of Napoleon III, for the painting of a large historical canvas, the Age of Augustus.
Excellent Condition. Of high quality and well framed.
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