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All Objects: Works of Jean-Léon Gérôme at Hearst Castle
| Classification: | Art Objects |
| Object Number: | 529-9-5092 |
| Object Name: | painting |
| Title: | Bonaparte Before the Sphinx |
| Date: | 1886 |
| Made: | France |
| Subject: | Napoleon Bonaparte |
| Description: | Bonaparte on horseback in dexter profile positioned on promontory before weathered Sphinx, desert plain background lined with marching army, chain of mountains under limpid sky. |
| Medium/Materials: | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions: | 61.6 x 102.9 cm. (24 1/4 x 40 1/2 in.) |
| Park Unit: | Hearst San Simeon SHM |
| Artist: | Jean-Léon Gérôme, French, 1824 - 1904 |
| Previous owner: | M. Knoedler |
| Exhibition History: | |
| "The Spectacular Art of Jean-Leon Gerome," the Getty Center, Los Angeles, California, June 15, 2010 to September 12, 2010. Traveling to the Musee d' Orsay, Paris, France, October 18, 2010 to January 23, 2011 and the Museo Thyssen Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain, March 22, 2011 to May 22, 2011. "Bonaparte and Egypt," the Arab World Institute, Paris, France, October 13, 2008 to March 29, 2009 and Le Musee des Beaux-Arts d'Arras Ancienne Abbaye Saint-Vaast, France, May 15, 2009 to October 19, 2009. "The Lure of Egypt: Land of the Pharaohs Revisited," the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersberg, Florida, January 10, 1996 to June 9, 1996. "Orientalism: Delacroix to Klee," the Art Gallery, New South Wales. Painted for the Paris Salon of 1886 (no. 1042). | |