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The Carpet Merchant of Cairo

Artist: Jean-Léon Gérôme, French, 1824-1904
Medium: Oil on canvas
Place Made: Europe
Dates: 1869
Dimensions: 31 7/8 x 22 in. (81 x 55.9 cm)
Signature: Signed lower left: "J.L. GEROME."
Collections: European Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 74.208
Credit Line: Gift of Joseph Gluck
Image: Overall, 74.208.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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