Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904)
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A portrait by Gérôme for WashingtonThe lover of his mother was his literary mentor. Édouard Delessert, son of Gabriel Delessert and Valentine de Laborde, indeed harboured literary ambitions and followed the advice of Prosper Mérimée:…
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Christie’s sales: porphyry, porcelain and brainpowerDe la toute première machine à calculer inventée par Blaise Pascal, à la machine Enigma utilisée par l’Allemagne nazie pour chiffrer et déchiffrer l’information, en passant par une horloge…
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Three sales at the Hôtel DrouotWhile the Salon du Dessin is in full swing - we will come back to this shortly - and many galleries are organising exhibitions and important auctions are taking place (which have already given rise…
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French painters in the spotlight at sales this weekAfter the strawberries, the melon. A masterpiece by Jean Siméon Chardin will come up for auction at Christie’s in Paris on 12 June. A mature painting produced in 1760, it testifies to the artist’s…
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A Wreck by Gérôme can (and must) go to OrsayBeaucoup., dont nous faisons partie, ont été agacés par l’absence de préemption du Musée d’Orsay de l’exceptionnel tableau de Jean-Léon Gérôme qui passait en vente vendredi chez Daguerre, image…
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Girodet and Gérôme at auctionStill on view at the Hôtel Drouot tomorrow, Thursday 30 May, several important works will be auctioned the following day by the Rémy Le Fur and Daguerre auction houses. The former will offer a group…
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Prosper MériméeA writer, of course, and one of the best of the French nineteenth century, of which there were many, but also a historian, art critic and many other things besides, Prosper Mérimée is a fascinating…
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The Musée d’Orsay buys a new GérômeWhile Jean-Léon Gérôme is not uncommon on the art market, it was a puzzling effigy that awaited enthusiasts on the Gallery 19C booth at the last Tefaf in Maastricht: this Child with a Mask intrigues…
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An incomprehensible preemption of the Château de FontainebleauFontainebleau has been spared the fashion for forgeries until now, but it has now taken a dive. The château today preempted a recent copy, dating from 1968, of Franz-Xaver Winterhalter’s painting…
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Dessins français du XIXe siècle de la Fondation Custodia«Dessins français du XIXe siècle», l’une des deux expositions que présente en ce moment la Fondation Custodia - nous parlerons très bientôt de l’autre, consacrée à Léon Bonvin, ne constitue pas comme…
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