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Jeunes Grecs Faisant Battre Des Coqs
''The Cock Fight'' () is an 1846 painting by the French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme. It is also known as ''Young Greeks Attending a Cock Fight'' (''Jeunes Grecs faisant battre des coqs''). It is an example of the Neo-Grec style. It was one of Gérôme's first successes. Provenance After his failed attempt to win the Prix de Rome, Gérôme was hesitant to exhibit ''The Cock Fight'' out of fear for another setback, but was convinced by his teacher Paul Delaroche to enter it into the 1847 Salon (Paris), Salon. It was well received at the Salon and was sold to Mr. Roux-Laborie. The art dealer Adolphe Goupil bought it from the widowed Countess H. de Bussat, born Laborie, in 1872 and sold it to the Musée du Luxembourg in 1873. From 1920 to 1986 it was at the Louvre, and since 1986 it is housed at the Musée d'Orsay. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cock Fight 1846 paintings Birds in art Cockfighting Paintings in the collection of the Musée d'Orsay Paintings by Jean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Léon Gérôme
Jean-Léon Gérôme (11 May 1824 – 10 January 1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as academicism. His paintings were so widely reproduced that he was "arguably the world's most famous living artist by 1880." The range of his oeuvre included historical painting, Greek mythology, Orientalism, portraits, and other subjects, bringing the academic painting tradition to an artistic climax. He is considered one of the most important painters from this academic period. He was also a teacher with a long list of students. Early life Jean-Léon Gérôme was born at Vesoul, Haute-Saône. He went to Paris in 1840 where he studied under Paul Delaroche, whom he accompanied to Italy in 1843. He visited Florence, Rome, the Vatican and Pompeii. On his return to Paris in 1844, like many students of Delaroche, he joined the atelier of Charles Gleyre and studied there for a brief time. He then attended the École des Beaux-Arts. In 1846 he tried to enter the prestigio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
