Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904) - Lot 58

Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904) Caesar crossing the Rubicon Bronze with light brown patina Signed "JL GEROME" on the terrace Bears the founder's mark "SIOT FONDEUR PARS" and number "200 H". H. 38 cm, terrace 39 x 13 cm Related work : -Jean-Léon Gérôme, César franchissant le Rubicon, circa 1900, gilded bronze with brown and black patina, 75 x 93.7 x 29.8 cm, National Gallery of Canada, inv 40157. Related literature : -Gérald M. Ackerman, Jean-Léon Gérôme, monographie et catalog raisonné, Paris, ACCR edition, 1986, model listed under no. S.54, pp. 326-327. The famous Orientalist painter Jean-Léon Gérôme tried his hand at sculpture at the 1878 Exposition Universelle. His statuettes, mostly painted, were inspired by his own paintings. Influenced by Greek, Roman and Egyptian antiquity, the Orient and contemporary history, Gérôme created skilful sculptures with a taste for detail, materials and color that set his Symbolist or "Neo-Pompeian" creations apart from the French sculpture of the late 19th century.