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.

The Duel After the Masquerade
Conservation
Date | Description | Narrative |
---|---|---|
3/31/1943 | Treatment | coated; other |
1/08/1958 | Treatment | other |
5/27/1986 | Treatment | other |
9/23/1996 | Examination | cleaned; loss compensation |
6/17/1997 | Treatment | examined for loan; other |
3/29/1998 | Loan Consideration | examined for loan |
Exhibitions
- From Ingres to Gauguin: French Nineteenth Century Paintings Owned in Maryland. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. 1951.
- The Taste of Maryland: Art Collecting in Maryland 1800-1934. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1984.
- Highlights from the Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1998-2001.
- Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa; Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach; Dayton Art Institute, Dayton; Royal Academy of Arts, London; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo. 2000-2002.
- A Magnificent Age: Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte. 2002-2004.
- Déjà Vu? Revealing Repetition in French Masterpieces. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix. 2007-2008.
- The Spectacular Art of Jean-Léon Gérôme. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Musee D'Orsay, Paris; Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. 2010-2011.
- From Rye to Raphael: The Walters Story. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2014-2016.
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.
Inscriptions
[Signature] Lower left: J. L. Gerome
Credit
Acquired by William T. Walters, 1859
Creator
- Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824-1904) (Artist)
Period
1857-1859Accession Number
37.51Measurements
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)Geographies
- France (Place of Origin)
- France, Bois de Boulogne (Place Depicted)