Eminence grise

Date: 1873
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Dimensions: 101 x 68,6

The painting shows a group of people dressed in historical costumes ascending a staircase in a lavish building. The men and women are wearing ornate and often colourful dresses typical of the late 18th and early 19th century. There is a higher density of people on the staircase, with some men wearing top hats. In the background is an ornate wall with a coat of arms and metal balustrade. The surroundings look noble and architecturally ornate.

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Gérôme painted picture Eminence grise in 1873. Prevailing color of this fine art print is vivid and its shape is landscape. Original size is 101 x 68,6. This art piece is located in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Jean-Léon Gérôme (18-1904) was a French Classicist painter. He studied in France, Italy and the Vatican, and then worked in the studio of Charles Gleyre. His painting Cockfight won 3rd place at the exhibition in 1847. He began to acquire commissions and could travel throughout Europe and seek inspiration. In 1852, along with other artists, he painted for Napoleon III great historical works. Four years later, he travelled through North Africa and created a series of paintings with Arab religious themes and scenes - Wailing Wall. In the Netherlands, he captured soldiers trampling beds of tulips in an attempt to stabilize the tulip market in the so-called The Tulip Folly. He was promoted to an officer and elected an honorary member of the British Royal Academy. He received the Order of the Red Eagle, third class, from Prussian King Wilhelm I and was invited to the opening of the Suez Canal. On January 10th, 1904, he was found dead in his studio in front of a portrait of Rembrandt and buried in the cemetery of Montmartre.