Jean-Léon GEROME Bonaparte entering the streets of Cairo Bronze with golden patina, with traces of polychromy, on a dark patina base signed "J. L. GEROME" on one side and stamped "SIOT FONDEUR PARIS" on the other. Numbered "836 B" on the back. H. 40 cm Length: 38 cm P. 12 cm Provenance : Former Napoleonic collection of the Prince's Palace of Monaco (2nd sale, lot 47) A patinated gilt bronze, on a dark patinated stand, signed " J. L. GEROME " on one side, and stamped " SIOT FONDEUR PARIS " on the other side Commentary: A champion of Orientalism, the painter and sculptor Gérôme made nine trips to the Orient between 1853 and 1880. He produced several paintings, including "Bonaparte in front of the Sphinx" (1867). He exhibited the model of our sculpture at the Salon of 1897, a copy of which was acquired by the State and is now kept at the Musée d'Orsay. Jean-Léon GEROME