Is This $6,000 Jean-Léon Gérôme Oil Painting A Fake Or A Fortune?

Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould investigate a small oil painting depicting a man praying in a mosque. The painting is filled with intricate details and careful brushwork. Its owner, Jon Swihart, purchased it at auction in 1999, believing it to be the work of the nineteenth-century French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme, who was a prominent figure in the Orientalist art movement. Subscribe and click the bell icon to get more arts content: youtube.com/c/PerspectiveArts Perspective is YouTube's home for the arts. Come here to get your fill of great music, theatre, art and much, much more! Discover the past on History Hit with ad-free exclusive podcasts and documentaries released weekly presented by world renowned historians Dan Snow, Suzannah Lipscomb, Matt Lewis and more. Sign up to History Hit to start watching now https://bit.ly/45CPh5u It's like Netflix for history... Sign up to History Hit to start watching now https://bit.ly/45CPh5u Any queries, please contact us at: perspective@littledotstudios.com #Painting #Art #History