Slave Market in Ancient Rome is a painting of about 1884 by French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme, who was known for combining classical, romantic, and realistic elements.
At the center of a high dais is a completely nude woman having been recently undressed by the slave dealer situated to her right, who is displaying her to the crowd as they bid on her.
The woman shields her eyes with her right hand due to the humiliating predicament of being publicly exposed in front of such a large crowd.
It is one of his six slave-market scenes set in either ancient Rome or 19th-century Istanbul that Gérôme painted during his career.
The scheme and figures in this composition are more or less the reverse of his previous work, A Roman Slave Market, also completed in 1884.