![Portrait of Jean Leon Gerome](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/gerome000.jpg)
Jean Leon Gerome Painting Reproductions 3 of 9
1824-1904
French Academic Classicism Painter
Jean-Léon Gérôme (May 11, 1824 - January 10, 1904) was a French painter and sculptor who produced many works in a historical, Orientalist style.
Born at Vesoul (Haute-Saône), he went to Paris in 1841 where he studied at the Académie Julian and worked under Paul Delaroche, whom he accompanied to Italy (1844-1845). On his return he exhibited The Cock-fight, which gained him a third-class medal in the Salon of 1847. The Virgin with Christ and St John and Anacreon, Bacchus and Cupid took a second-class medal in 1848. He exhibited Bacchus and Love, Drunk, a Greek Interior and Souvenir d'Italie, in 1851; Paestum (1852); and An Idyll (1853).
In 1854 Gérôme made a journey to Turkey and the shores of the Danube, and in 1857 visited Egypt. To the exhibition of 1855 he contributed a Pifferaro, a Shepherd, A Russian Concert and a large historical canvas, The Age of Augustus and the Birth of Christ. The last was somewhat confused in effect, but in recognition of its consummate ability the State purchased it.
Gérôme's reputation was greatly enhanced at the Salon of 1857 by a collection of works of a more popular kind: the Duel: after a Masquerade, Egyptian Recruits crossing the Desert, Memnon and Sesostris and Camels Watering, the drawing of which was criticized by Edmond About.
In Caesar (1859) Gérôme tried to return to a severer class of work, but the picture failed to interest the public. Phryne before the Areopagus, Le Roi Candaule and Socrates finding Alcibiades in the House of Aspasia (1861) gave rise to some scandal by reason of the subjects selected by the painter, and brought down on him the bitter attacks of Paul de Saint-Victor and Maxime Du Camp. At the same Salon he exhibited the Egyptian chopping Straw, and Rembrandt biting an Etching, two very minutely finished works.
Gérôme's best paintings are of Eastern subjects; among these may be named the Turkish Prisoner and Turkish Butcher (1863); Prayer (1865); The Slave Market (1867); and The Harem out Driving (1869). He often illustrated history, as in Louis XIV and Molière (1863); The Reception of the Siamese Ambassadors at Fontainebleau (1865); and the Death of Marshal Ney (1868).
Gérôme was also successful as a sculptor; he executed, among other works; Omphale (1887), and the statue of the duc d'Aumale which stands in front of the château of Chantilly (1899). His Bellona (1892), in ivory, metal, and precious stones, which was also exhibited in the Royal Academy of London, attracted great attention. The artist then began an interesting series of Conquerors, wrought in gold, silver and gems Bonaparte entering Cairo (1897); Tamerlane (1898); and Frederick the Great (1899).
Gérôme was elected member of the Institut in 1865.
His students included: Dagnan-Bouveret, Lecomte du Nouy, Thomas Eakins, Frank Boggs, Frederick Arthur Bridgman, Kenyon Cox, Dennis Miller Bunker, William DeLeftwich Dodge, Wyatt Eaton, Alexander Harrison, Robert Lee MacCameron, Siddons Mowbray, Lawton Parker, Harper Pennington, William Picknell, Julius Stewart, Abbott Handerson Thayer, Vasili Vasilyevich Vereshchagin, Douglas Volk and J. Alden Weir.
Jean-Léon Gérôme died in 1904 and was buried in the Montmartre Cemetery.
Born at Vesoul (Haute-Saône), he went to Paris in 1841 where he studied at the Académie Julian and worked under Paul Delaroche, whom he accompanied to Italy (1844-1845). On his return he exhibited The Cock-fight, which gained him a third-class medal in the Salon of 1847. The Virgin with Christ and St John and Anacreon, Bacchus and Cupid took a second-class medal in 1848. He exhibited Bacchus and Love, Drunk, a Greek Interior and Souvenir d'Italie, in 1851; Paestum (1852); and An Idyll (1853).
In 1854 Gérôme made a journey to Turkey and the shores of the Danube, and in 1857 visited Egypt. To the exhibition of 1855 he contributed a Pifferaro, a Shepherd, A Russian Concert and a large historical canvas, The Age of Augustus and the Birth of Christ. The last was somewhat confused in effect, but in recognition of its consummate ability the State purchased it.
Gérôme's reputation was greatly enhanced at the Salon of 1857 by a collection of works of a more popular kind: the Duel: after a Masquerade, Egyptian Recruits crossing the Desert, Memnon and Sesostris and Camels Watering, the drawing of which was criticized by Edmond About.
In Caesar (1859) Gérôme tried to return to a severer class of work, but the picture failed to interest the public. Phryne before the Areopagus, Le Roi Candaule and Socrates finding Alcibiades in the House of Aspasia (1861) gave rise to some scandal by reason of the subjects selected by the painter, and brought down on him the bitter attacks of Paul de Saint-Victor and Maxime Du Camp. At the same Salon he exhibited the Egyptian chopping Straw, and Rembrandt biting an Etching, two very minutely finished works.
Gérôme's best paintings are of Eastern subjects; among these may be named the Turkish Prisoner and Turkish Butcher (1863); Prayer (1865); The Slave Market (1867); and The Harem out Driving (1869). He often illustrated history, as in Louis XIV and Molière (1863); The Reception of the Siamese Ambassadors at Fontainebleau (1865); and the Death of Marshal Ney (1868).
Gérôme was also successful as a sculptor; he executed, among other works; Omphale (1887), and the statue of the duc d'Aumale which stands in front of the château of Chantilly (1899). His Bellona (1892), in ivory, metal, and precious stones, which was also exhibited in the Royal Academy of London, attracted great attention. The artist then began an interesting series of Conquerors, wrought in gold, silver and gems Bonaparte entering Cairo (1897); Tamerlane (1898); and Frederick the Great (1899).
Gérôme was elected member of the Institut in 1865.
His students included: Dagnan-Bouveret, Lecomte du Nouy, Thomas Eakins, Frank Boggs, Frederick Arthur Bridgman, Kenyon Cox, Dennis Miller Bunker, William DeLeftwich Dodge, Wyatt Eaton, Alexander Harrison, Robert Lee MacCameron, Siddons Mowbray, Lawton Parker, Harper Pennington, William Picknell, Julius Stewart, Abbott Handerson Thayer, Vasili Vasilyevich Vereshchagin, Douglas Volk and J. Alden Weir.
Jean-Léon Gérôme died in 1904 and was buried in the Montmartre Cemetery.
209 Gerome Paintings
![Bashi-Bazouk, c.1868/69 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome049.jpg)
Bashi-Bazouk c.1868/69
Oil Painting
$1851
$1851
Canvas Print
$52.67
$52.67
SKU: GER-11365
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 80.6 x 66 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 80.6 x 66 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
![Prayer in the Mosque, 1871 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome050.jpg)
Prayer in the Mosque 1871
Oil Painting
$3412
$3412
Canvas Print
$54.97
$54.97
SKU: GER-11366
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 88.9 x 74.9 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 88.9 x 74.9 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
![Tiger and Cubs, c.1884 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome051.jpg)
Tiger and Cubs c.1884
Oil Painting
$1298
$1298
Canvas Print
$51.77
$51.77
SKU: GER-11367
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 73.7 x 91.4 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 73.7 x 91.4 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
![Oasis, 1857 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome052.jpg)
Oasis 1857
Oil Painting
$1500
$1500
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11368
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 65.1 x 82 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 65.1 x 82 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
![Black Panther Stalking a Herd of Deer, 1851 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome053.jpg)
Black Panther Stalking a Herd of Deer 1851
Oil Painting
$1339
$1339
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11369
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 52.4 x 74 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 52.4 x 74 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
![The Prisoner, 1861 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome054.jpg)
The Prisoner 1861
Oil Painting
$1716
$1716
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11370
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 45 x 78 cm
Musee des Beaux Arts, Nantes, France
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 45 x 78 cm
Musee des Beaux Arts, Nantes, France
![The Shrine of Imam Hussein, n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome055.jpg)
The Shrine of Imam Hussein n.d.
Oil Painting
$2204
$2204
Canvas Print
$54.33
$54.33
SKU: GER-11371
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 64 x 54 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 64 x 54 cm
Private Collection
![The Plain of Thebes in Upper Egypt, 1857 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome056.jpg)
The Plain of Thebes in Upper Egypt 1857
Oil Painting
$1537
$1537
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11372
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 76 x 131 cm
Musee des Beaux Arts, Nantes, France
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 76 x 131 cm
Musee des Beaux Arts, Nantes, France
![The Sword Dance (La Phyrique), n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome057.jpg)
The Sword Dance (La Phyrique) n.d.
Oil Painting
$2836
$2836
Canvas Print
$53.35
$53.35
SKU: GER-11373
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 63.5 x 89 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 63.5 x 89 cm
Private Collection
![Night, c.1850/55 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome058.jpg)
Night c.1850/55
Oil Painting
$1272
$1272
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11379
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 76.5 x 46 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 76.5 x 46 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France
![Tiger and Vulture, n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome059.jpg)
Tiger and Vulture n.d.
Oil Painting
$1563
$1563
Canvas Print
$51.13
$51.13
SKU: GER-11380
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 90.2 x 71.1 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 90.2 x 71.1 cm
Private Collection
![The Harem Guard, n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome060.jpg)
The Harem Guard n.d.
Oil Painting
$1335
$1335
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11381
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![Tiger on the Watch, c.1888 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome061.jpg)
Tiger on the Watch c.1888
Oil Painting
$1584
$1584
Canvas Print
$52.94
$52.94
SKU: GER-11382
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 63.5 x 90.5 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 63.5 x 90.5 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
![Young Greeks Encouraging Cocks to Fight, 1846 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome062.jpg)
Young Greeks Encouraging Cocks to Fight 1846
Oil Painting
$3212
$3212
Canvas Print
$52.53
$52.53
SKU: GER-11383
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 143 x 204 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 143 x 204 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France
![Diogenes, 1860 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome063.jpg)
Diogenes 1860
Oil Painting
$2073
$2073
Canvas Print
$55.70
$55.70
SKU: GER-11384
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 74.5 x 101 cm
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 74.5 x 101 cm
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA
![The Artist's Father and Son on the Doorstep of His House, c.1866/67 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome064.jpg)
The Artist's Father and Son on the Doorstep of ... c.1866/67
Oil Painting
$1061
$1061
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11385
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 25.5 x 20 cm
Musee des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, France
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 25.5 x 20 cm
Musee des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, France
![The Snake Charmer, c.1870 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome065.jpg)
The Snake Charmer c.1870
Oil Painting
$13681
$13681
Canvas Print
$50.73
$50.73
SKU: GER-11386
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 83.8 x 122 cm
The Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 83.8 x 122 cm
The Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts, USA
![The Christian Martyr's Last Prayer, c.1863/83 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome066.jpg)
The Christian Martyr's Last Prayer c.1863/83
Oil Painting
$3497
$3497
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11387
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 87.9 x 150.1 cm
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 87.9 x 150.1 cm
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA
![Working in Marble (The Artist Sculpting Tanagra), 1890 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome067.jpg)
Working in Marble (The Artist Sculpting Tanagra) 1890
Oil Painting
$2077
$2077
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11388
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 50 x 39.3 cm
Dahesh Museum of Art, New York, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 50 x 39.3 cm
Dahesh Museum of Art, New York, USA
![Pygmalion and Galatea, n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome068.jpg)
Pygmalion and Galatea n.d.
Oil Painting
$1468
$1468
Canvas Print
$51.01
$51.01
SKU: GER-11389
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 94 x 74 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 94 x 74 cm
Private Collection
![Arnaut and Dogs, c.1879 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome069.jpg)
Arnaut and Dogs c.1879
Oil Painting
$1298
$1298
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11390
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 33 x 24.8 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 33 x 24.8 cm
Private Collection
![The Slave Market, 1871 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome070.jpg)
The Slave Market 1871
Oil Painting
$2341
$2341
Canvas Print
$59.97
$59.97
SKU: GER-11391
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 74.9 x 59.7 cm
Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 74.9 x 59.7 cm
Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio, USA
![The Slave for Sale, 1873 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome071.jpg)
The Slave for Sale 1873
Oil Painting
$1731
$1731
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11392
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: unknown
Musee d'Art et d'Industrie, Roubaix, France
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: unknown
Musee d'Art et d'Industrie, Roubaix, France
![The Moorish Bath, n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome072.jpg)
The Moorish Bath n.d.
Oil Painting
$1304
$1304
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11393
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection