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Woman with a Veil
About the Artwork
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.
Inscriptions
signed upper surface of base: "J L Gerome"; inscribed edge of base at back: "F. Barbedienne, Fondeur, Paris."
Provenance
Thomas L. Fawick.
Exhibition history
Year in Review: 1979. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-March 9, 1980).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824–1904)
- Date
- c. 1891
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 60.5 x 32.7 cm (23 13/16 x 12 7/8 in.)
- Type
- Sculpture
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Department
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- The Thomas L. Fawick Memorial Collection
- Accession no.
- 1979.115
More by Jean Léon Gérôme in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00010711
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