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| Keywords: Jean-Léon Gérôme - Slave Market - Walters 372783.jpg Gérôme's skills as a draftsman contributed to his ability to impart a strong sense of realism to paintings showing reconstructions of ancient historical events In this instance he has carefully delineated two figures who appear in A Roman Slave Market 1884 a painting that Henry Walters purchased in 1917 Walters 37 885 century 19 graphite paper cm 32 07 20 accession number 37 2783 77225 Aimé Morot the artist's son-in-law Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown the drawing was once part of a notebook in his possession later dismembered Dr Edward T Wilson Bethesda Maryland date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Gift of Dr Edward T Wilson 2008 Expanding Horizons Recent Additions to the Drawings Collection The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2010 place of origin Paris France Walters Art Museum license 2D Drawings by Jean-Léon Gérôme A Roman Slave Market Gérôme Drawings in the Walters Art Museum Sketches | ||||
