Lot Essay
A small watercolor on paper (5 x 9in.) similar to this composition by Gérôme is in a Private Collection.
Details
Jean Leon Gerome (French, 1824-1904)
Mirmillon (A Gallic Gladiator)
signed 'J. L GEROME' center left--oil on panel
13¼ x 9¼in. (33.7 x 23.5cm.)
Mirmillon (A Gallic Gladiator)
signed 'J. L GEROME' center left--oil on panel
13¼ x 9¼in. (33.7 x 23.5cm.)
Provenance
Ernst Gambart Collection, sale, Christie's, London, May 4, 1903, no. 74 (to Wallis)
Anon., sale, Christie's, London, 1950
With Anthony Roth Fine Arts, Ltd., London, 1987
Anon., sale, Christie's, London, 1950
With Anthony Roth Fine Arts, Ltd., London, 1987
Literature
Bibliothèque Nationale, Print Room, Gérôme, Oeuvres, Paris, vol. 1, p. 6
M. Prost, Catalogue of the Works of J.L. Gérôme before 1883, Bibliothèque nationale, Paris, (ms.) p. 52: "Un Gladiateur [Mirmillon] se préparant au combat, dans une arène à Rome. Vente Liebermann, May 76, 1989
F.F. Hering, Gérôme, New York, 1892, p. 52, in a list of works in the studio around 1883, "Other phases of his talent are shown by A Retiarius, A Gallic Gladiator..."; this is probably the Mirmillion.
M. Prost, Catalogue of the Works of J.L. Gérôme before 1883, Bibliothèque nationale, Paris, (ms.) p. 52: "Un Gladiateur [Mirmillon] se préparant au combat, dans une arène à Rome. Vente Liebermann, May 76, 1989
F.F. Hering, Gérôme, New York, 1892, p. 52, in a list of works in the studio around 1883, "Other phases of his talent are shown by A Retiarius, A Gallic Gladiator..."; this is probably the Mirmillion.