Seated Arab with Pipe
Jean-Léon Gérôme
c. 1864
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 12.5 x 9.9 cm (4 15/16 x 3 7/8 in.) sheet: 26.4 x 17.4 cm (10 3/8 x 6 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp
Accession Number
1999.111.21
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...