Jean-Leon Gerome (1824-1904) was an important French painter and sculptor of the academic tradition in the 19th century. His works covered a wide breadth of subjects, including history, Greek mythology, Orientalism, and portraiture. He was very well received and respected during his lifetime. Towards the end of his career he lost popularity due to the rise of Impressionism, however, he taught many students who would later become respected artists in their own right. Some of his students included Mary Cassatt, Thomas Eakins, Hosui Yamamoto, Odilon Redon, among others.
Paintings by Jean-Leon Gerome in Chronological Order:
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| The Tryst, c.1840 | The Tryst, c.1844 | Young Greeks Encouraging Cocks to Fight, 1846 |
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| The Virgin the Infant Jesus and St. John, 1848 | Portrait of Marianne Elisa Birch, 1849 | The Bacchante, 1853 |
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| A Soul Taken away by an Angel, 1853 | Thebes Colosseums, Memnon and Sesostris (study), 1856 | Egyptian Recruits Crossing the Desert, 1857 |
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| The Dead Caesar, c.1859 | The Draught Players, 1859 | The Duel after the Masquerade, 1859 |
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| Diogenes, 1860 | Louis XIV and Moliere, 1862 | General Bonaparte with his Military Staff in Egypt, 1863 |
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| General Bonaparte with his Military Staff in Egypt, 1863 | The Dance of the Almeh, 1863, YEAR | Albanian Warrior, 1864 |
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| Prayer in Cairo, 1865 | Slave Market, c.1866 | Jerusalem, 1867 |
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| The Death of Caesar, 1867 | Black Bashi Bazouk, c.1868 | Napoleon in Egypt, 1867-1868 |
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| Pelt Merchant of Cairo, 1869 | The Carpet Merchant of Cairo, c.1869 | The Snake Charmer, c.1870 |
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| Pollice Verso, 1872 | Arab Girl with Waterpipe, 1873 | Eminence Grise – François Leclerc du Tremblay (detail), 1873 |
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| Reception of Le Grand Condé at Versailles, 1878 | A Muezzin Calling from the Top of a Minaret the Faithful to Prayer, 1879 | Bashi-Bazouk Chieftain, 1881 |
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| Cave Canem, 1881 | Arnaut Blowing Smoke at the Nose of His Dog, 1882 | Egyptian Water Carrier, c.1882 |
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| The Tulip Folly, 1882 | The Christian Martyr’s Last Prayer, 1883 | Cleopatra and Caesar, 1886 |
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| Self-Portrait, 1886 | The Carpet Merchant, 1887 | Lion Snapping at a Butterfly, 1889 |
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| Working in Marble, or The Artist Sculpting Tanagra, 1890 | The Pain, 1891 | Painting Breathes Life into Sculpture, 1893 |
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| Sarah Bernhardt, c.1895 | Summer Afternoon on a Lake, c.1895 | Whirling Dervishes, c.1895 |
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| Entry of the Christ in Jerusalem, 1897 | Frederick the GreatxFrederick the Great, 1899 | Moses on Mount Sinai, 1895-1900 |
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| Mufti Reading in His Prayer Stool, c.1900 | Souvenir of Achéres, 1903 | A Café in Cairo |
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| A Collaboration | A Harem | A Roman Slave Market |
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| A Woman in a Veil | Amédée Thierry | Amehs Playing Chess in a Café |
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| An Arab and His Dog | An Arab Caravan outside a Fortified Town, Egypt | Anacreon |
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| Arab Encampment | Arms Dealer in Cairo | Arnauts of Cairo at the Gate of Bab-el-Nasr |
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| Bacchus and Anacreon love | Bashi-Bazouk Singing | Bisharin Warrior |
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| Bust of Paul Reclus | Caesar Crossing the Rubicon | Dancer with Tambourine |
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| Dante (He Hath Seen Well) | Excursion of the Harem | Gérôme executing the Gladiators |
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| Greek youths who are being converted to Islam – Young Greeks at the Mosque | Harem Women Feeding Pigeons in a Courtyard | Heads of the Rebel Beys |
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| Interior of a Mosque | Julius Caesar and Staff | Leaving the Mosque |
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| Lion | Louis XIII | Madeleine Juliette Gerome and Her Dolls |
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| Michelangelo | Napoleon III, Eugenie and their Son for Adoption Siamese Ambassadors (detail) | Pho Xai |
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| Pifferari | Polyphemus | Portrait of a Lady |
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| Portrait of a Lady | Portrait of a Lady2 | Portrait of a Roman Woman |
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| Portrait of a Young Boy | Portrait of Eduoard Delessert | Portrait of Mille Durand |
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| Portrait of Mr. Leblond | Prayer at the Mausoleum for Sultan Qayut | Prayer in the House of an Arnaut Chief |
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| Prayer in the Mosque | Selene | Sketch for the Excursion of the Harem |
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| Socrates seeking Alcibiades in the House of Aspasia | Solomon’s Wall, Jerusalem | Study of a Dog |
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| Sword Dancer | The Age of Augustus the Birth of Christ | The Almeh with Pipe |
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| The Call to Prayer | The Colossus of Memnon | The Day of Judgement |
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| The Duc de la Rochefoucauld-Doudeauville | The Entry of the Bull | The Field of Rest Cemetary of the Green Mosque |
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| The Flight into Egypt | The Gladiators | The Grief of the Pasha |
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| The Guard | The Negro Master of the Hounds | The Picador |
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| The Prisoner | The Pyrrhic Dance | The Reception of Siamese Ambassadors by Emperor Napoleon III (1808-73) at the Palace of Fontainebleau, 27 June 1861 |
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| The Republic | The Shrine of Imam Hussein | The Snake Charmer |
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| The Syrian Shepherd | The Terrace of the Seraglio | Tiger on the Watch |
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| Treading out the Grain in Egypt | Turkish Bashi Bazouk Mercenaries Playing Chess in a Market Place | Veiled Circassian Lady |
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| View of Baalbek | View of Cairo | View of Paestum |
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| Waiting for an Audience | Woman of Constantinople | Womanof Cairo at Her Door |