COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
CMA_.1980.264
AMICA Library Year:
1998
Object Type:
Paintings
Creator Name:
Gérôme, Jean-Léon
Creator Nationality:
European; French
Creator Role:
artist
Creator Dates/Places:
1824 - 1904
Gender:
M
Creator Name-CRT:
Jean-Léon Gérôme
Title:
Head of a Woman
Title Type:
Primary
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
1844
Creation Start Date:
1844
Creation End Date:
1844
Materials and Techniques:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Unframed: 44.5cm x 36cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number:
1980.264
Credit Line:
Bequest of Noah L. Butkin
Inscriptions:
Signed on right: "J.L. GEROME/1844/ROMA"
Context:
Gérôme spent the years 1843 and 1844 in Rome, where this work was painted. The woman's severe expression and drapery recall ancient Roman statuary as well as the 19th-century belief that the essence of the antique could still be found amid the ruins andpeople of contemporary Rome.
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1980.264.tif
