Brooklyn museum 74 208 sl1 jpg jean léon gérôme french 1824 1904.
The carpet merchant of cairo.
Jean léon gérôme s carpet merchant of cairo from 1887 shows a trading scene in almost photographic detail.
The carpet merchant depicts the court of the rug market in cairo which gérôme had visited in 1885.
Like delacroix he traveled extensively in north africa and the middle east.
Please help us improve with this one minute survey opens in a new tab by jean léon gérôme circa 1869.
The carpet merchant of cairo 1869.
81 x 55 9 cm.
Oil on canvas 31 7 8 x 22 in.
81 55 9 cm 31 9 22 in.
The carpet merchant of cairo 1869.
Walt whitman and the arts in brooklyn.
81 x 55 9 cm identifier brooklynmuseum o4836 the carpet merchant of cairo location europe medium oil on canvas rights no known copyright restrictions signature.
Oil on canvas 31 7 8 x 22 in.
Brooklyn museum gift of joseph gluck 74 208 credit gift of joseph gluck dimensions 31 7 8 x 22 in.
81 x 55 9 cm.
Brooklyn museum gift of joseph gluck 74 208 photo.
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.
On view in gallery 357expand more.
The carpet merchant of cairo was created in c 1869 by jean leon gerome in orientalism style.
Jean léon gérôme french 1824 1904.
Held at the brooklyn museum.