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Source Description
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."
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
17030
label
The Death of Caesar
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obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
17030
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
The Death of Caesar
description
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."
provenance
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; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1917, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1859-1867
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
paintings
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1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
85.5
height
145.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 33 11/16 x W: 57 5/16 in. (85.5 x 145.5 cm); Framed H: 51 1/2 x W: 74 3/8 x D: 5 1/2 in. (130.81 x 188.91 x 13.97 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Lower left: J. L. Gerome; [Date] Lower left: MDCCCLIX [last two digits abraded]
med
oil on canvas
creator_ids
4384
collection_ids
EAN
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6
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Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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