COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MIA_.70.40
AMICA Library Year:
1998
Object Type:
Paintings
Creator Name:
Gérôme, Jean-Léon
Creator Nationality:
European; French
Creator Role:
painter
Creator Dates/Places:
1824 - 1904
Gender:
M
Creator Name-CRT:
Jean Léon Gérôme
Title:
The Carpet Merchant
View:
Front
Creation Date:
about 1887
Creation Start Date:
1885
Creation End Date:
1889
Materials and Techniques:
oil on canvas
Classification Term:
Oil On Canvas
Dimensions:
H.32-7/8 x W.25-1/2 in.
Component Measured:
overall
Measurement Unit:
in
AMICA Contributor:
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location:
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number:
70.40
Credit Line:
The William Hood Dunwoody Fund
Inscriptions:
SIGNATURE
Context:
Schooled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and honored by the French Salon, Jean-Léon Gérôme was a prolific and popular artist. Like Delacroix, he traveled extensively in North Africa and the Middle East. The Carpet Merchant depicts the Court of the Rug Market in Cairo, which Gérôme had visited in 1885.
Related Image Identifier Link:
MIA_.264c.tif
