Jean-Léon Gérôme

Provenance

The artist, sold in March 1869 for Fr 4,000 to Goupil
with Goupil & Cie, Paris, 1869; stock nr. 4028, as "Un Bachibouzouk. Étude grandeur nature"; sold in March for Fr 7,500 (£500) to Wallis
with Henry Wallis of The French Gallery, London, 1869–73; sold on 21 July 1873 for £550 to Avery
Samuel Putnam Avery, New York, from 1873
Henry T. Cox, Brooklyn, by 1884–died 1899
his estate, 1899–1902
his estate sale, American Art Galleries, New York, 17 January 1902, nr. 72, for $1,600 to J. Offner [or Opper]
J. Offner (or Opper), from 1902
sale, Sotheby's, London, 23 June 1981, nr. 29, to Koch
William I. Koch, Boston, 1981–94; sold to Acquavella
with Acquavella Galleries, New York, 1994; sold to Wrightsman
Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, New York, 1994–2008
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External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 2008.547.1

Other works by Jean-Léon Gérôme

Portrait of M. Leblond
c. 1844

Pifferari
1859

Study of Palm Trees
probably 1868

Bashi-Bazouk drinking

Excursion of the Harem (Oil Sketch)