Jean-Léon Gérôme, Phryne before the Areopagus, 1861
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Jean-Léon Gérôme Was Born 202 Years Ago Today. The Academic Master Who Turned the Female Nude Into High Spectacle.

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“ On May 11, 1824, Jean-L\u00e9on G\u00e9r\u00f4me was born in the small French town of Vesoul. By the time he […]