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Jean-Léon Gérôme — Prayer in the House of the Arnaut Chief
Jean-Léon Gérôme

Prayer in the House of the Arnaut Chief

An oil painting on panel by Jean-Léon Gérôme depicting a prayer scene in an Arnaut chieftain's home. The work combines ethnographic interest with masterful narrative composition.

Medium
oil on panel

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The Orientalist Sale

October 20, 2021

Estimate: $100,000$150,000

Lot 16

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Jean-Léon Gérôme, Prayer in the House of the Arnaut Chief

An oil painting on panel by Jean-Léon Gérôme depicting a prayer scene in an Arnaut chieftain's home. The work combines ethnographic interest with masterful narrative composition.

Medium
oil on panel
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Academic Art, Interior Scene, 19th Century, Orientalism, Cultural Studies, Oil Painting, Prayer, Ethnographic

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Cleveland Museum of Art