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La Chasse aux lions chez les Indiens (Native Americans Hunting a Lion) is an early work by Jean-Léon Gérôme, which the soon-to-be famous Orientalist painter gave to his friend Jean-Baptiste Barrelon.
Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904), La Chasse aux lions chez les Indiens (Native Americans Hunting a Lion), 1845, oil on canvas signed, dated and dedicated "A mon ami, Barrelon, Gérôme, 1845", 47,5 x 62,5 cm. Estimate: €15,000/25,000
Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904), La Chasse aux lions chez les Indiens (Native Americans Hunting a Lion), 1845, oil on canvas signed, dated and dedicated "A mon ami, Barrelon, Gérôme, 1845", 47,5 x 62,5 cm. Estimate: €15,000/25,000
Family documents, along with the dedication and inscription on the back of the painting ("Souvenir de mon camarade et ami, J.L Gérôme, Paris, 1845") leave no doubt that this work was a gift from the painter Jean-Léon Gérôme , bequeathed to his friend Jean-Baptiste Barrelon in 1845. It was then passed on to…
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