Gérôme was born in Vesoul, and studied in Paris under Delaroche and Gleyre. He exhibited at the Salon from 1847. He was also a sculptor.
Jean-Léon Gérôme
1824 - 1904
Paintings by Jean-Léon Gérôme
This portrait by Jean-Léon Gérôme is of his younger brother, Claude-Armand, who is dressed in the uniform of the École Polytechnique, a prestigious school of higher education in Paris. It is related to an almost full-length portrait that was exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1848 and which is now...
On display elsewhere