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Jean-Léon Gérôme

Alpine Landscape: The Handegg, Switzerland

1850s
oil on fabric
26.8 × 37 cm (10.6 × 14.6 in)

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

In 1851, Gérôme decorated a vase for Emperor Napoleon III of France which was offered to Prince Albert of England and is now part of the Royal Collection at St. James’s Palace, London.

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