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Jean-Léon Gérôme — The Ball Player

Jean-Léon Gérôme

The Ball Player

Jean-Léon Gérôme's 'The Ball Player' is a bronze sculpture with a golden patina set upon an onyx base. This classical subject reflects Gérôme's mastery of figurative sculpture.

Medium
bronze, golden patina; on an onyx base

🔨 Auction Lot

Collection Jacques Ginepro, Une Vie de Sculptures - Partie II

June 8, 2023

Estimate: $1,000$1,500

Lot 30

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Jean-Léon Gérôme, The Ball Player

Jean-Léon Gérôme's 'The Ball Player' is a bronze sculpture with a golden patina set upon an onyx base. This classical subject reflects Gérôme's mastery of figurative sculpture.

Medium
bronze, golden patina; on an onyx base
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Bronze, French, Golden, Sculpture, Academic, Dignified, Human Form, Athletic, Neoclassicism, Figurative

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Collected by

Cleveland Museum of Art