"Basseĭn v gareme" i drugie proizvedenii︠a︡ Zhana-Leona Zheroma v sobranii Ėrmitazha, katalog vystavki
Subtitle: Pool in a harem and other works by Jean-Léon Gérôme in the Hermitage, exhibition catalogue
By: A.A. Babin
Publisher: Izd-vo Gos. Ėrmitazha
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Sankt-Peterburg
Language: rus
Number of pages: 91
ISBN-13: 9785935724238
Subjects: Exhibitions; Painting; Conservation and restoration
Other titles: Pool in a harem and other works by Jean-Léon Gérôme in the Hermitage, exhibition catalogue
Description: A 2011 exhibition at the Hermitage marked the return of an important painting stolen in 2001. Recovered in 2007 and recently restored, "Pool in a Harem" was exhibited together with other paintings and sculptures by Gérôme. Though not great in quantity, the works at the Hermitage convey the artist's main interests, which reflect a late romanticism: the exotic world of the East, Napolean{u2019}s campaigns, dueling and masquerades, the history of antiquity. The detailed introduction discusses Gérôme's works as they relate to those of other mid nineteenth-century artists. A chapter on restoration explains the difficulties restorers faced and the methods of determining authenticity. -- Summary written by John W. Emerich, Bronze Horseman Literary Agency.
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Nov. 1, 2011-Feb. 5, 2012.

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