Jean-Léon Gérôme The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer, Jean-Léon Gérôme, about 1863–83. Walters Art Museum Marc Gotlieb, director of the graduate program in the history of art at Williams College, introduces Jean-Léon Gérôme's paintings through the lens of modern cinema. This perspective—characterized by Hollywood and its approach to storytelling and suspense—brings to life pictures that once capt..