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A Roman Slave Market
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Gérôme painted six slave-market scenes set in either ancient Rome or 19th-century Istanbul. He painted another view of the same painting--"Slave Market in Rome" (St. Petersburg, Hermitage Museum)--in which the viewer looks over the heads of the spectators towards the woman who is for sale.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Boussod Valadon et Cie.; James B. Haggin et al. Sale, New York, 1917, no. 119 [as "Sale of Circassian Slave,"]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1917, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2014-2016 | From Rye to Raphael: The Walters Story. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 2010-2011 | The Spectacular Art of Jean-Léon Gérôme. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Musee D'Orsay, Paris; Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. |
| 2002-2004 | A Magnificent Age: Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte. |
| 2000-2002 | Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa; Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach; Dayton Art Institute, Dayton; Royal Academy of Arts, London; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo. |
| 1996 | Millet and Barbizon Art. Matsumoto City Museum, Matsumoto City; Tokuyama City Museum of Art and History, Tokuyama; Kasama Nichido Museum, Kasama City; Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, Kanazawa. |
| 1977 | Paris-New York, a Continuing Romance. Wildenstein & Company, New York. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 1/11/1938 | Treatment | cleaned; other |
| 4/3/1962 | Treatment | cleaned; other |
| 8/17/1971 | Treatment | other |
| 5/1/1977 | Treatment | other |
| 4/8/1999 | Examination | examined for condition |
| 7/10/2009 | Examination | examined for condition |
Measurements
H: 25 1/4 x W: 22 3/8 in. (64.1 x 56.9 cm); Framed H: 37 3/8 x W: 35 x D: 7 3/8 in. (94.93 x 88.9 x 18.73 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1917
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.885
