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The Duel After the Masquerade

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824-1904)

1857-1859

oil on canvas

H: 15 3/8 x W: 22 3/16 in. (39.1 x 56.3 cm); Framed H: 26 3/8 x W: 33 1/4 x D: 5 in. (66.99 x 84.46 x 12.7 cm)

Description
In this painting, showing the outcome of a duel after a costume ball, Gérôme replicates, with slight variations, a composition he had executed for the Duc d'Aumale in 1857. It is dawn on a wintry day in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, and Pierrot succumbs in the arms of the Duc de Guise. A Venetian doge examines Pierrot's wound while Domino clasps his head in despair. To the right, the victorious American Indian departs, accompanied by Harlequin.
Additional Information

Acquired by William T. Walters, 1859

37.51

Not on view, out on exhibition loan

[Signature] Lower left: J. L. Gerome

France

Bois de Boulogne, France


Provenance

Sale, National Academy of Design, New York, October 1859; William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1859, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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