Image

Jean-Léon Gérôme

Study for Moorish Bath

Description

Maker

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824-1904)

Title

Study for Moorish Bath
Madeleine

Year

ca. 1874

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

null

Dimensions

35.9 x 22.5 cm (14 1/8 x 8 7/8 inches) (sight under glass)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed in graphite near LC: JL Gerome

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum purchase: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Barnet Fain, Mrs. Frank Mauran, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Morris, Jr., Mrs. Alfred Morris, Sr., and the Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

1987.007

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

French Drawings in the Time of Degas
Aug 19, 2005 – Jan 22, 2006

Label copy

Gérôme, one of the most prominent academic painters of the late 19th century, drew and painted from the nude model throughout his career. This highly refined work is a study for the exquisitely rendered figure in RISD’s painting by Gérôme: Moorish Bath, ca. 1874-77 (66.280).

Nude Figure
Some Works from the Permanent Collection
Dec 20, 1996 – Apr 20, 1997

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Tombstone

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824-1904)
Study for Moorish Bath; Madeleine, ca. 1874
black chalk on wove paper
35.9 x 22.5 cm (14 1/8 x 8 7/8 inches) (sight under glass)
Museum purchase: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Barnet Fain, Mrs. Frank Mauran, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Morris, Jr., Mrs. Alfred Morris, Sr., and the Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund 1987.007

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