The Idyll (Gérôme)
Painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme
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The Idyll (French: L'Idylle) is an 1852 oil painting by the French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme.[1][2] Produced in the Neo-Grec style, the art critic Théophile Gautier suggested it as inspired by the novel Daphnis and Chloe from the classical era.[3] It is also known by the alternative title Daphnis and Chloe.
ArtistJean-Léon Gérôme
Year1852
MediumOil on canvas, academic art
Dimensions212.1 cm × 155.9 cm (83.5 in × 61.4 in)
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| Artist | Jean-Léon Gérôme |
| Year | 1852 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas, academic art |
| Dimensions | 212.1 cm × 155.9 cm (83.5 in × 61.4 in) |
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The painting was exhibited at the Salon of 1853 in Paris.[4] It later featured in the Paris Exposition of 1900. Today it is in the collection of the Musée Massey in Tarbes.[5]
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