The Snake Charmer

Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1879, Clark Art Institute

‘The Snake Charmer’ is a work by Jean-Léon Gérôme (France, 1824–1904). It is dated 1879. It is part of the collection Clark Art Institute. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.

It is made of oil paint and canvas. It measures 84 × 122 cm. The work belongs to the genres nude and genre art. The things depicted include nudity, standing, snake charmer, and boy.