Arnaut Guardhouse in Cairo
Medium
Etching; proof before letters
Dimensions
sheet: 17 13/16 x 12 in. (45.2 x 30.5 cm) plate: 11 x 8 1/4 in. (28 x 21 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1968
Accession Number
68.673.19
Tags
About the Artist
Jean-Léon Gérôme|Paul Adolphe Rajon
Gérôme's father, a goldsmith from Vesoul, discouraged his son from studying to become a painter but agreed, reluctantly, to allow him a trial period in the studio of Paul Delaroche in Paris. He traveled and studied in Italy, elsewhere in Europe, and in Asia Minor. The subjects that he enjoyed most were scenes of nature and animals. He is best known for mythological and Comment on works: history pa...