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| Keywords: Jean-Léon Gérôme - Diogenes - Walters 37131.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Q18748894 Creator Jean-Léon Gérôme Diogenes 404-323 BC is seated in his abode the earthenware tub in the Metroon Athens lighting the lamp in daylight with which he was to search for an honest man His companions were dogs that also served as emblems of his Cynic Greek kynikos dog-like philosophy which emphasized an austere existence Three years after this painting was first exhibited Gerome was appointed a professor of painting at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts where he would instruct many students both French and foreign Le philosophe grec Diogène 404-323 av J -C assis dans son humble logis un tonneau en terre cuite dans le quartier Métrôon d'Athène allume une lampe en plein jour signalant qu'il recherche un homme honnête Les chiens qui l'entourent des compagnons du philosophe sont emblématiques du cynisme du grec kynikos pareil au chien qui met de l'avant une vie austère 1860 Oil on canvas cm 74 5 101 ; size cm 105 2 132 6 15 2 accession number 37 131 31957 August Belmont New York date and mode of acquisition unknown August Belmont Sale New York November 1872 no 31 William T Walters Baltimore 1872 by purchase Henry Walters Baltimore 1894 by inheritance Walters Art Museum 1931 by bequest Acquired by William T Walters 1872 J L Gérôme MDCCCLX Hommage à Baudelaire Art Gallery University of Maryland College Park 1968 Jean-Léon Gérôme Dayton Art Institute Dayton; Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis; The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1972-1973 Gérôme and Goupil Art and Enterprise The Frick Art Historical Center Pittsburgh; Musée Goupil Bordeaux; Dahesh Museum of Art New York 2001 The Spectacular Art of Jean-Léon Gérôme Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza Madrid; J Paul Getty Museum Los Angeles; Musee D'Orsay Paris 2010-2011 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license 2D History paintings by Jean-Léon Gérôme Paintings of animals by Jean-Léon Gérôme D French paintings in the Walters Art Museum Diogenes in paintings 1860 oil on canvas paintings in the United States 1860 paintings from France 19th-century oil paintings of sitting men at full length 19th-century paintings of dogs Ancient Greek history paintings Barrel houses Lanterns in art 1860 People with lamps in art Nude or partially nude people with dogs Paintings of men with dogs Paintings with signatures center Paintings with years of production artist People with barrels Tinajas in art | ||||
