http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/95857/the-carpet-merchant-gallery-label-current ArtsConnectEd.org Art Collector Set: The Carpet Merchant: Gallery Label - Current http://www.artsconnected.org/images/favicon.png http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/95857/the-carpet-merchant-gallery-label-current 16 16 http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/95857/the-carpet-merchant-gallery-label-current Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400 <table cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Title</td> <td><h3>The Carpet Merchant: Gallery Label - Current</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Author</td> <td><h3>Minneapolis Institute of Arts</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Date</td> <td><h3>2012-03-23</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label" style="padding-right:7px;">Institution</td> <td>Minneapolis Institute of Arts</td> </tr> </table><br/>Schooled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and honored by the French Salon, Jean-Léon Gérôme was a prolific and popular artist. Like Delacroix, he traveled extensively in North Africa and the Middle East. <i>The Carpet Merchant</i> depicts the Court of the Rug Market in Cairo, which Gérôme had visited in 1885. http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/95857/the-carpet-merchant-gallery-label-current Schooled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and honored by the French Salon, Jean-Léon Gérôme was a prolific and popular artist. Like Delacroix, he traveled extensively in North Africa and the Middle East. The Carpet Merchant depicts the Court of the Rug Market in Cairo, which Gérôme had visited in 1885." type="image/jpeg" />Schooled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and honored by the French Salon, Jean-Léon Gérôme was a prolific and popular artist. Like Delacroix, he traveled extensively in North Africa and the Middle East. The Carpet Merchant depicts the Court of the Rug Market in Cairo, which Gérôme had visited in 1885." type="image/jpeg" />Copyright Minneapolis Institute of ArtsMinneapolis Institute of Arts