A Roman Slave Market

ca. 1884

56.9 cm 64.1 cm

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Gérôme depicts a woman being auctioned at a slave market in ancient Rome, foregrounding the sensuality of her nude body in front of a crowd of leering men. The artist painted several scenes of men assessing nude females of different races, the most famous of which portrayed a...

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Boussod Valadon et Cie.; James B. Haggin et al. Sale, New York, 1917, no. 119 [as ""Sale of Circassian Slave,""]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1917, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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