Jean Leon Gerome
Jean Leon Gerome was born on the 11th of May 1824 at Vesoul
(Haute-SaOne). He went to Paris in 1841 and worked under Paul
Delaroche, whom he accompanied to Italy (1844?1845). On his return
he exhibited The "Cock-fight", which gained him a third-class medal
in the Salon of 1847. "The Virgin with Christ and St John" and
"Anacreon, Bacchus and Cupid" took a second-class medal in 1848.
Gérôme?s best paintings are of Eastern subjects; among these may be
named "The Turkish Prisoner" and "Turkish Butcher" (1863); "Prayer"
(1865); "The Slave Market" (1867); and "The Harem out Driving"
(1869). He often illustrated history, as in "Louis XIV. and
Moliere" (1863); "The Reception of the Siamese Ambassadors at
Fontainebleau" (1865); and "The Death of Marshal Ney" (1868).
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