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Pygmalion and Galatea (French: Pygmalion et Galatée) is an 1890 painting by the French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme. [1] The motif is taken from Ovid 's Metamorphoses and depicts the sculptor Pygmalion kissing his statue Galatea at the moment the goddess Aphrodite brings her to life.
Pygmalion and Galatea are two characters from Greco-Roman mythology. Pygmalion and Galatea may also refer to: Pygmalion and Galatea, a play by W. S. Gilbert; Pygmalion and the Image series, a series of paintings by Edward Burne-Jones; Pygmalion and Galatea (Gérôme painting), a painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme
Jean-Léon Gérôme/Art Renewal Center Over 350 Gerome images, list of students with examples of work, biography, and letters; Artencyclopedia.com page on Gérôme; www.jeanleongerome.org nearly 300 images by the artist "Gérôme, Jean-Léon" . New International Encyclopedia. 1906. "Gérôme, Jean Léon" . The American Cyclopædia. 1879.
References: Catalogue of (modern) paintings and sculpture in the collection of Charles T. Yerkes, esq., New York, 52 ; Jean Léon Gérômeː Catalogue raisonné, 2000 (2nd edition), 0385
The Art of Biblical Interpretation: Visual Portrayals of Scriptural Narratives. Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature. p. 20. Hering, Fanny Field (1892). Gérôme: The Life and Works of Jean Léon Gérôme. New York, NY: Cassell Publishing Company. p. 274. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Pages in category "Paintings by Jean-Léon Gérôme" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. ... Pygmalion and Galatea (Gérôme painting) R.
The story has been the subject of notable paintings by Agnolo Bronzino, Jean-Léon Gérôme (Pygmalion and Galatea), Honoré Daumier, Edward Burne-Jones (four major works from 1868–1870, then again in larger versions from 1875–1878 with the title Pygmalion and the Image), Auguste Rodin, Ernest Normand, Paul Delvaux, Francisco Goya, Franz ...
Hoop Dancer, c. 1893, by Jean-Léon Gérôme, Haggin Museum.. As a painter and sculptor, Gérôme had long drawn inspiration from the Classical world. His famous images of gladiator combats, chariot races, slave markets, the assassination of Julius Caesar, and other subjects from ancient Greece and Rome were widely influential.