Friday, July 9, 2010

Jean-Leon Gérôme - A Roman Slave Market [c.1884]

Gérôme (French, 1824 - 1904) painted six slave-market scenes set in either ancient Rome or 19th-century Istanbul. The subject provided him with an opportunity to depict facial expressions and to undertake figurative studies of sensual beauty.

[Oil on canvas, 64.1 x 56.9 cm]

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