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February 9, 2010

GALLERY CONVERSATION

"Spotlight" on Temptation, by William-Adolphe Bourguereau, Gallery 357

12:30 – 12:50 p.m.

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Artist:Jean-Léon Gérôme
Date:c. 1887
Dimensions: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. (1...
Creation Place:Europe, France
Credit Line:The William Hood Dunwoody Fund
Accession Number:70.40
Location:G357

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.