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Pygmalion et Galatée (c.1890)

Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Pygmalion et Galatée (Pygmalion and Galatea) c.1890 Oil on canvas, 88.9 x 68.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Between 1890 and 1892, Gérôme made both painted and sculpted variations on the theme of Pygmalion and Galatea, the…

César mort (c.1859)

Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) César mort (The Dead Caesar) c.1859 Graphite on wove paper, 16.7 x 32.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Julius Caesar, Gaius (100 BC-44 BC)

Anacréon, Bacchus et l’Amour (1878)

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…

Portrait de femme (1851)

Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Portrait de femme (Portrait of a Woman) 1851 Oil on canvas, 92.6 × 73.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Théâtre de masques (1908)

Ensor, James (1860-1949) Théâtre de masques (Theatre of Masks) 1908 Oil on canvas, 72 x 86 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Masks, both diabolic and caricaturesque, are one of the principal motifs found throughout the entire artistic output of the Belgian painter James…