Jean-Léon Gérôme was a leading figure in French Academic art and peerless in many forms of painting, whether history, portraiture or the Orientalist genre. Here is perhaps his most famous work, Gérôme depicts the end of a duel by sword between two gentlemen, after an insult at a costume ball left no choice but to fight for honor.
The Duel After the Masquerade, c.1857, Oil on CanvasJean-Léon Gérôme French (1824 - 1904) |
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Jean-Léon Gérôme was a leading figure in French Academic art and peerless in many forms of painting, whether history, portraiture or the Orientalist genre. Here is perhaps his most famous work, Gérôme depicts the end of a duel by sword between two gentlemen, after an insult at a costume ball left no choice but to fight for honor. |
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