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22. Images of
Alcibiades II
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Jean-Léon
Gérôme
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1824-1904
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French Academic painter and
sculptor
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Academic = painting and
sculpture produced under influence of the European
Academies, where artists received formal
training
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Characteristics - highly
finished style, use of historical or mythological subject
matter, moralistic tone.
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Best-known works of
Gérôme - Oriental Scenes
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Opponent of Impressionist
movement
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"Socrates seeking Alcibiades
in the House of Aspasia"
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1861
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69 x 97.5 cm (25
x 38.5 inches)
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Oil on
canvas
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Signed and dated,
left center
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Robert A.
Isaacson, New York
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