One painting by this artist has sha ts of light from the top le t corner cross the body of a sword-wielding entertainer performing on a rug.
One painting by this artist has sha ts of light from the top le t corner cross the body of a sword-wielding entertainer performing on a rug. Another painting by this artist has a man on the le t hand side looking at a  gure lying face down in the mud and who has lost his top hat a ter being executed by  ring squad. A third work by this painter shows the title  gure bowing as he ascends a staircase adorned with laurel wreaths to gain the favour of Louis XIV. This painter of Sabre Dance in a Café, The Execution of Marshal Ney, and The Reception of the Grande Condé at Versailles painted a shield with  ve studs hanging above a group of men being entertained by a nude boy with a snake wrapped around him in another work. Another of his paintings shows the central  gure facing six vestal virgins and performing the title gesture, implying that he should kill his defeated opponent, a fellow gladiator. This painter's Snake Charmer was used for the cover of Edward Said's Orientalism. For 10 points, name this French Academic painter of Pollice Verso (poh-lee-chay vair-so).
One painting by this artist has sha ts of light from the top le t corner cross the body of a sword-wielding entertainer performing on a rug.
Jean-Léon Gérôme (zhahn-lay-ohn zheh-rohm)