Jean Léon Gérôme / The Carpet Merchant / about 1887

Jean Léon Gérôme
The Carpet Merchant
about 1887
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Creator Name: Gérôme, Jean-Léon
Creator Nationality: European; French
Creator Role: painter
Creator Dates/Places: 1824 - 1904
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: Jean Léon Gérôme
Title: The Carpet Merchant
View: front
Creation Start Date: 1885
Creation End Date: 1889
Creation Date: about 1887
Object Type: Paintings
Classification Term: oil on canvas
Materials and Techniques: oil on canvas
Dimensions: H.32-7/8 x W.25-1/2 in.
Inscriptions: SIGNATURE
AMICA Contributor: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number: 70.40
Credit Line: The William Hood Dunwoody Fund
Rights: http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html
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Schooled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and honored by the French Salon, Jean-Léon Gérôme was a prolific and popular artist. Like Delacroix, he traveled extensively in North Africa and the Middle East. The Carpet Merchant depicts the Court of the Rug Market in Cairo, which Gérôme had visited in 1885.

AMICA ID: MIA_.70.40
Component Measured: overall
Measurement Unit: in
AMICA Library Year: 1998
Media Metadata Rights: ?The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

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