The Duel After the Masquerade

Walters asked the manager of the exhibition at the National Academy of Design for a letter of authentication from Gérôme and a comparison of his copy to the original.[3]: 241 In a poll taken in the winter of 1909–1910, Baltimoreans were asked to identify their fifty-five favorite works of art, and The Duel After the Masquerade topped the list.[3]: 183 The scene is set on a gray winter morning in the Bois de Boulogne, trees bare and snow covering the ground.The survivor of the duel, dressed as an American Indian, walks away with his second, Harlequin, leaving behind his weapon and some feathers of his headdress, towards his carriage, shown waiting in the background.It was characteristic of Gérôme to depict not a violent event itself, but the aftermath of such violence; see The Death of Caesar, The Execution of Marshal Ney, and Jerusalem.
Replica in Hermitage Museum
Replica in the Walters Art Museum
Le Duel après le bal masqué by Thomas Couture , 1857, Wallace Collection
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