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Summary

Jean-Léon Gérôme: Diogenes

Artist



Description	French painter, drawer and sculptor
Date of birth/death	11 May 1824	10 January 1904
Location of birth/death	Vesoul	9th arrondissement of Paris
Work location	Paris; Algeria; Greece; Florence; Rome; Constantinople
Authority file	: Q212499 VIAF: 22153153 ISNI: 000000012123607X ULAN: 500115563 LCCN: n50016499 NLA: 35120372 WorldCat

Title

Diogenes

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Description

Deutsch: Der griechische Philosoph Diogenes (404-323 v. Chr.) sitzt in seiner Behausung, einem Pithos, in der Metroon, Athen. Seine Begleiter waren Hunde, die auch als Symbole seiner "Zyniker" (Griechisch: "Kynikos," Hundeähnliche) Philosophie dienten. Drei Jahre nach der ersten Ausstellung wurde Gerome zum Professor für Malerei an der Ecole des Beaux-Arts ernannt, wo er viele französische und ausländische Studenten unterrichtete.

English: The Greek philosopher 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.

Français : Le philosophe grec Diogène (404-323 av. J.-C.) assis dans son humble logis, un tonneau en terre cuite dans le quartier Métrôon d'Athènes, 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.

Depicted people

Diogenes of Sinope

Date

1860

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 74.5 cm (29.3 in); width: 101 cm (39.7 in); with frame: height: 105.2 cm (41.4 in); width: 132.6 cm (52.2 in); depth: 15.2 cm (5.9 in)

Collection

Walters Art Museum

	Native name	Walters Art Museum
	Location	Baltimore, United States of America
	Coordinates	39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W
	Established	1934
	Website	thewalters.org
	Authority file	: Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat

Accession number

37.131

Place of creation

France

Object history

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

Exhibition history

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.

Credit line

Acquired by William T. Walters, 1872

Inscriptions

Signature and date top center:

J. L. Gérôme MDCCCLX

References

Source

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current	19:52, 1 September 2010	1,800 × 1,322 (3.05 MB)	Singinglemon	Much higher resolution
	17:23, 11 February 2009	980 × 720 (99 KB)	Singinglemon	Higher resolution, slightly better quality version of this painting
	20:52, 30 November 2008	787 × 578 (31 KB)	Singinglemon	Slightly smaller, but higher quality photo of this painting
	04:53, 14 September 2005	796 × 583 (186 KB)	Markus Mueller~commonswiki	Diogenes (Jean Leon Gerome 1824-1904)