Tag: Circus Maximus

La dernière prière des martyrs chrétiens (1883)

Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) La dernière prière des martyrs chrétiens (The Christian Martyrs’ Last Prayer) 1883 Oil on canvas, 87.9 x 150.1 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore William T. Walters commissioned this painting in 1863, but the artist did not deliver it until…

Course de chariots (1876)

Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Course de chariots (Chariot Race) 1876 Oil on cradled panel, 86.3 × 156 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Jean-Léon Gérôme claimed that he based this almost cinematic depiction of a chariot race at the Circus Maximus stadium in…