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Artist:
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Jean-Léon Gérôme
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Title:
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The Carpet Merchant
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Date:
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c. 1887
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Medium:
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Oil on canvas
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Dimensions:
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33 7/8 x 27 1/16 in. (86.04 x 68.74 cm) (sight)
48 5/8 x 41 3/4 x 5 in. (123.51 x 106.05 x 12.7 cm) (outer frame)
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Credit Line:
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The William Hood Dunwoody Fund
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Location:
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Gallery 357
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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.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Gérôme, Jean-Léon
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Nationality:
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French
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Life Dates:
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French, 1824 - 1904
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Signature LR in black (on rug): [J. L. GEROME]
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Creation Place:
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Europe, France, , ,
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Accession #:
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70.40
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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