# The Cock Fight

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***The Cock Fight*** (French: ***Un combat de coqs***) is an 1846 painting by the French artist [Jean-Léon Gérôme](/source/Jean-L%C3%A9on_G%C3%A9r%C3%B4me). It is also known as ***Young Greeks Attending a Cock Fight*** (*Jeunes Grecs faisant battre des coqs*). It is an example of the [Neo-Grec](/source/Neo-Grec) style. It was one of Gérôme's first successes.[1]

## Provenance

After his failed attempt to win the [Prix de Rome](/source/Prix_de_Rome), Gérôme was hesitant to exhibit *The Cock Fight* out of fear for another setback, but was convinced by his teacher [Paul Delaroche](/source/Paul_Delaroche) to enter it into the [Salon](/source/Salon_(Paris)). It was well received at the [Salon of 1847](/source/Salon_of_1847) and was sold to Mr. Roux-Laborie.[1][2]

The art dealer Adolphe Goupil bought it from the widowed Countess H. de Bussat, born Laborie, in 1872 and sold it to the [Musée du Luxembourg](/source/Mus%C3%A9e_du_Luxembourg) in 1873. From 1920 to 1986 it was at the [Louvre](/source/Louvre), and since 1986 it is housed at the [Musée d'Orsay](/source/Mus%C3%A9e_d'Orsay).[2]

## References

1. ["Jeunes Grecs faisant battre des coqs dit aussi Un combat de coqs"](https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/artworks/jeunes-grecs-faisant-battre-des-coqs-328). [Musée d'Orsay](/source/Mus%C3%A9e_d'Orsay). Retrieved 2025-12-16.

1. ["Jeunes Grecs faisant battre des coqs"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180602065448/http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/collections/index-of-works/notice.html?no_cache=1) (in French). [Musée d'Orsay](/source/Mus%C3%A9e_d'Orsay). Archived from [the original](http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/collections/index-of-works/notice.html?no_cache=1&zsz=5&lnum=5) on 2018-06-02. Retrieved 2016-06-29.

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