Paestum
1847–51
Medium
Black, red, and white chalk, brush and brown wash, over graphite
Dimensions
Sheet: 18 3/8 × 23 11/16 in. (46.6 × 60.1 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of James David Draper, from the Robert Isaacson Collection, 2019
Accession Number
2021.15.1
About the Artist
Jean-Léon Gérôme
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...