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File:Jean-Léon Gérôme - The Death of Caesar - Walters 37884.jpg

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Title The Death of Caesar
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English: Julius Caesar was assassinated in Rome on the Ides of March (March 15), 44 BC. Characteristically, Gérôme has depicted not the incident itself, but its immediate aftermath. The illusion of reality that Gérôme imparted to his paintings with his smooth, polished technique led one critic to comment, "If photography had existed in Caesar's day, one could believe that the picture was painted from a photograph taken on the spot at the very moment of the catastrophe."
Date between 1859 and 1867
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions Height: 85.5 cm (33.7 in). Width: 145.5 cm (57.3 in). ; with frame: Height: 130.81 cm (51.5 in). Width: 188.91 cm (74.4 in). Depth: 13.97 cm (5.5 in).
Accession number 37.884
Exhibition history I, Claudius: Art in the Age of Julio-Claudians. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1977-1978. The Second Empire 1852-1870: Art in France under Napoleon III. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia; The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit; Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris. 1978-1979. Paris 1889: American Artists at the Universal Exposition. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. 1990. Manet and the Execution of Maximilian. 1992. Parallels and Precedents: Baltimore's George A. Lucas Collection. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. 1995. Before Monet: Landscape Painting in France and Impressionist Masters: Highlights from The Walters Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1998. Highlights from the Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1998-2001. Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa; Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach; Royal Academy of Arts, London; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; Dayton Art Institute, Dayton. 2000-2002. A Magnificent Age: Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2002-2004. The Spectacular Art of Jean-Léon Gérôme. Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid; J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Musee D'Orsay, Paris. 2010-2011.
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters, 1917
Inscriptions Signature and date bottom left: J. L. Gerome MDCCCLIX - last two digits abraded
Ownership history
  • M. J. Allard
  • John Taylor Johnston [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
  • John Taylor Johnston Sale, New York, 1876, no. 188
  • John Jacob Astor [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
  • Boussod Veladon et Cie [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
  • James B. Haggin et al. Sale, New York, April 5, 1917, no. 148
  • 1917: purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore
  • 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
depicted place Theatre of Pompey
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