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Jean-Léon Gérôme — Egyptian Smoker

Jean-Léon Gérôme

Egyptian Smoker

1865

Orientalist fascination with the exotic East manifests in precise etching lines that emphasize costume and cultural details, typical of the academic painter's meticulous approach to foreign subjects.

Medium
etching

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Jean-Léon Gérôme, Egyptian Smoker, 1865

Orientalist fascination with the exotic East manifests in precise etching lines that emphasize costume and cultural details, typical of the academic painter's meticulous approach to foreign subjects.

Medium
etching
Year
1865
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Cultural, Monochrome, French, Academic Art, 19th Century, Etching, Orientalism, Man, Portrait, Narrative

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