
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Étude des palmiers (Study of Palm Trees) probably 1868 Oil on canvas, laid down on board, 26.7 × 32.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This study is thought to have been painted in 1868, during Gérôme‘s third…
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Anacréon, Bacchus et l’Amour (Anacreon with the Infants Bacchus and Cupid) modeled 1878 (cast c.1893) Bronze, 72.4 × 43.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In the early 19th century, industrial approaches to production created a new middle-class market for small-scale…