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Pygmalion and Galatea

ca. 1890

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The story

Gérôme painted the kiss from several angles and carved it in marble in 1891. This version, with Galatea seen from behind, sold in 1892 to the American tycoon Charles T. Yerkes.

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Object details

Title: Pygmalion and Galatea
Artist: Jean-Léon Gérôme
Date: ca. 1890
Culture: French
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Credit line: Image source The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access. License Public domain (Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true).
Object number: EFA.0252
Original image: 2389 × 3000 px
Source record: View on The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Jean-Léon Gérôme. Pygmalion and Galatea. ca. 1890. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Image source The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access. License Public domain (Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true). In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0252/