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Aigle expirant (c.1900)

Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Aigle expirant (Eagle Expiring, Monument for Waterloo) modeled c.1900 (cast after 1902) Gilt bronze, 68.6 × 71.1 × 43.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Compare: Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) L’aigle expirant de Waterloo c.1902 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston    

L’aigle expirant de Waterloo (c.1902)

Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) L’aigle expirant de Waterloo (The Expiring Eagle of Waterloo) c.1902 Gilt bronze mounted on worked granite, 69.2 × 66 × 43.2 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Compare: Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Aigle expirant modeled c.1900 (cast after 1902) Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago…

L’entrée du Christ à Bruxelles (1888)

Ensor, James (1860-1949) L’entrée du Christ à Bruxelles (Christ’s Entry into Brussels in 1889) 1888 Oil on canvas, 252.6 × 431 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles James Ensor took on religion, politics, and art in this scene of Christ entering contemporary…

Squelettes voulant se chauffer (1889)

Ensor, James (1860-1949) Squelettes voulant se chauffer (Skeletons Wanting to Warm Themselves) 1889 Oil on canvas, 74.8 x 60 cm Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth James Ensor was one of the most original painters of the late nineteenth century. Populated with…

La Tentation de Saint Antoine (1887)

Ensor, James (1860-1949) La Tentation de Saint Antoine (The Temptation of Saint Anthony) 1887 Pencil, charcoal, crayon, chalk and watercolor on paper, 179.5 × 154.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SABAM,…