The Carpet Merchant Of Cairo

Oil on canvas 31 7 8 x 22 in.

The carpet merchant of cairo. Like delacroix he traveled extensively in north africa and the middle east. 81 x 55 9 cm. Jean léon gérôme french 1824 1904. The carpet merchant depicts the court of the rug market in cairo which gérôme had visited in 1885.

Brooklyn museum 74 208 sl1 jpg jean léon gérôme french 1824 1904. Brooklyn museum gift of joseph gluck 74 208 photo. The carpet merchant of cairo jean léon gérôme. 81 x 55 9 cm.

Standing on and among crumpled up carpets in this corner of a souk is a group of traders and their customers admiring one particularly fine example hanging from a balcony as they haggle over price. The carpet merchant of cairo was created in c 1869 by jean leon gerome in orientalism style. Please help us improve with this one minute survey opens in a new tab by jean léon gérôme circa 1869. On view in gallery 357expand more.

The william hood dunwoody fundexpand more 70 40. Brooklyn museum gift of joseph gluck 74 208 credit gift of joseph gluck dimensions 31 7 8 x 22 in. Oil on canvas 31 7 8 x 22 in. Schooled at the ecole des beaux arts and honored by the french salon jean léon gérôme was a prolific and popular artist.

Walt whitman and the arts in brooklyn. The carpet merchant of cairo 1869. 81 55 9 cm 31 9 22 in. Held at the brooklyn museum.