![Portrait of Jean Leon Gerome](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/gerome000.jpg)
Jean Leon Gerome Painting Reproductions 4 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
![Arnaut Smoking, n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome073.jpg)
Arnaut Smoking n.d.
Oil Painting
$1607
$1607
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11394
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 35.6 x 25.4 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 35.6 x 25.4 cm
Private Collection
![Rembrandt Etching a Plate in His Atelier, 1861 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome074.jpg)
Rembrandt Etching a Plate in His Atelier 1861
Oil Painting
$1300
$1300
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11395
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 55.9 x 45.7 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 55.9 x 45.7 cm
Private Collection
![The Reception of Siamese Ambassadors by Emperor Napoleon III at the Palace of Fontainebleau, 1861 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome075.jpg)
The Reception of Siamese Ambassadors by Emperor ... 1861
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11396
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 128 x 260 cm
Museum of Palace of Versailles, Paris, France
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 128 x 260 cm
Museum of Palace of Versailles, Paris, France
![Prayer at The Sultan's Tomb, n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome076.jpg)
Prayer at The Sultan's Tomb n.d.
Oil Painting
$1210
$1210
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11397
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![Solitude, 1890 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome077.jpg)
Solitude 1890
Oil Painting
$1059
$1059
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11398
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 28.9 x 47.3 cm
Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 28.9 x 47.3 cm
Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan, USA
![Portrait of Armand Gerome, 1848 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome078.jpg)
Portrait of Armand Gerome 1848
Oil Painting
$1210
$1210
Canvas Print
$55.11
$55.11
SKU: GER-11399
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 50.2 x 43.8 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 50.2 x 43.8 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
![Baroness Nathaniel de Rothschild, 1866 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome079.jpg)
Baroness Nathaniel de Rothschild 1866
Oil Painting
$1733
$1733
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11400
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 49.6 x 35.8 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 49.6 x 35.8 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France
![Sermon in the Mosque, 1903 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome080.jpg)
Sermon in the Mosque 1903
Oil Painting
$4262
$4262
Canvas Print
$63.76
$63.76
SKU: GER-11401
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 70 x 101.6 cm
Ball State University Museum of Art, Indiana, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 70 x 101.6 cm
Ball State University Museum of Art, Indiana, USA
![Leaving the Oasis, c.1880/90 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome081.jpg)
Leaving the Oasis c.1880/90
Oil Painting
$1513
$1513
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11402
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 50 x 81.2 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 50 x 81.2 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
![Lion on the Watch, c.1885 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome082.jpg)
Lion on the Watch c.1885
Oil Painting
$1550
$1550
Canvas Print
$54.32
$54.32
SKU: GER-11403
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 72.3 x 100.5 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 72.3 x 100.5 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
![Alpine Landscape: The Handegg, Switzerland, c.1850 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome083.jpg)
Alpine Landscape: The Handegg, Switzerland c.1850
Oil Painting
$1210
$1210
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11404
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 26.8 x 37 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 26.8 x 37 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
![The Guard, 1889 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome084.jpg)
The Guard 1889
Oil Painting
$1339
$1339
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11405
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 55.8 x 46.5 cm
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 55.8 x 46.5 cm
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, USA
![Rustem Pasha Mosque, Istanbul, n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome085.jpg)
Rustem Pasha Mosque, Istanbul n.d.
Oil Painting
$3317
$3317
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11406
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 67.6 x 88.5 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 67.6 x 88.5 cm
Private Collection
![The Black Bard, 1888 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome086.jpg)
The Black Bard 1888
Oil Painting
$2090
$2090
Canvas Print
$63.41
$63.41
SKU: GER-11407
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 61.2 x 50.8 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 61.2 x 50.8 cm
Private Collection
![A Bashi-Bazouk and His Dog, n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome087.jpg)
A Bashi-Bazouk and His Dog n.d.
Oil Painting
$1433
$1433
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11408
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 35.6 x 25.1 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 35.6 x 25.1 cm
Private Collection
![After the Bath, n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome088.jpg)
After the Bath n.d.
Oil Painting
$1707
$1707
Canvas Print
$51.90
$51.90
SKU: GER-11409
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 82.6 x 66.7 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 82.6 x 66.7 cm
Private Collection
![Moorish Bath (Turkish Woman Bathing), c.1870 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome089.jpg)
Moorish Bath (Turkish Woman Bathing) c.1870
Oil Painting
$1335
$1335
Canvas Print
$51.27
$51.27
SKU: GER-11410
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 50.5 x 40.5 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 50.5 x 40.5 cm
Private Collection
![Egyptian Donkey, n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome090.jpg)
Egyptian Donkey n.d.
Oil Painting
$1339
$1339
Canvas Print
$65.19
$65.19
SKU: GER-11411
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 57.8 x 45 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 57.8 x 45 cm
Private Collection
![A Young Nymph Teased by Putti, 1851 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome091.jpg)
A Young Nymph Teased by Putti 1851
Oil Painting
$1365
$1365
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11412
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 40.6 x 30.5 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 40.6 x 30.5 cm
Private Collection
![The Muezzin, n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome092.jpg)
The Muezzin n.d.
Oil Painting
$1607
$1607
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11413
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 40.5 x 29.5 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 40.5 x 29.5 cm
Private Collection
![The Tomb of Sultan, n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome093.jpg)
The Tomb of Sultan n.d.
Oil Painting
$1662
$1662
Canvas Print
$62.25
$62.25
SKU: GER-11414
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 61.5 x 59 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 61.5 x 59 cm
Private Collection
![The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist, 1848 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome094.jpg)
The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist 1848
Oil Painting
$2495
$2495
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11415
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 108.5 x 75 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 108.5 x 75 cm
Private Collection
![The Reception of the Grand Conde at Versailles, 1878 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome095.jpg)
The Reception of the Grand Conde at Versailles 1878
Oil Painting
$9472
$9472
Canvas Print
$51.69
$51.69
SKU: GER-11416
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 96.5 x 139.7 cm
Museum of Palace of Versailles, Paris, France
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 96.5 x 139.7 cm
Museum of Palace of Versailles, Paris, France
![Solomon's Wall Jerusalem (The Wailing Wall), n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome096.jpg)
Solomon's Wall Jerusalem (The Wailing Wall) n.d.
Oil Painting
$1829
$1829
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11417
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 92.4 x 73.7 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 92.4 x 73.7 cm
Private Collection