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Woman with a Veil

Woman with a Veil

c. 1891
(French, 1824–1904)
Overall: 60.5 x 32.7 cm (23 13/16 x 12 7/8 in.)

Description

Many of Gérôme’s best known works reflect the 19th-century European fascination with the Middle East, Asia, and North Africa, which manifested in Orientalist works like this sculpture depicting a woman adjusting her veil. Multiple versions of this sculpture exist, including some with marble and gold additions.
  • Thomas L. Fawick.
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, “Thomas L. Fawick Memorial Collection is on View in Year in Review Exhibition,” February 7, 1980, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
    Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1979." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 67, no. 3 (1980): 58-99. Reproduced: cat. no. 32, p. 77; Mentioned: p. 59 www.jstor.org
    Rionnet, Florence. Les bronzes Barbedienne: l'œuvre d'une dynastie de fondeurs (1834-1954). Paris: Arthena, 2016. p. 176-177. Reproduced: p. 177.
  • CMA 1982: The Age of Bronze, July 13-October 17, 1982, no. cat.
    CMA 1980: "Year in Review 1979," Bulletin, LVXI (March 1980), p. 96, cat. no. 32, repr. p. 77
    Year in Review: 1979. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-March 9, 1980).
  • {{cite web|title=Woman with a Veil|url=false|author=Jean-Léon Gérôme|year=c. 1891|access-date=28 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1979.115