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| Keywords: Charles Béranger - Replica of The Hémicycle - Walters 3783 (3).jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Q18749459 Creator Charles Béranger This painting replicates Delaroche's most famous work a mural in oils and wax 1836-41 in the auditorium of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris France's most prestigious art school Delaroche's pupil Charles Béranger is thought to have begun this replica in 1841 but the master completed it following his pupil's death in 1853 It provided a basis for L -P Henriquel-Dupont's engraving reproducing the composition Represented are great artists of the past who appear to preside over the awards ceremonies held in the auditorium Enthroned in the center are the three masters of antiquity-Ictinus the architect Apelles the painter and Phidias the sculptor-flanked by personifications of Greek and Gothic art on the left and Roman and Renaissance art on the right Below the semi-nude figure of Fame leans forward to distribute laurel wreaths to the recipients of the coveted Grand Prix de Rome who were entitled to spend 4 to 5 years studying in Rome at the expense of the State Those European artists from the 13th through the 17th centuries whom Delaroche ranked as the most important are included in his great assembly To the left are 14 sculptors and a gathering of painters known as colorists and naturalists and to the right 13 architects 2 engravers and 19 painters distinguished for their drawing Although many of their names are familiar today among them Titian Rembrandt and Rubens on the left and Raphael Michelangelo and Poussin on the right others are less so Notably absent are Botticelli El Greco and Vermeer whose paintings were not rediscovered until later in the century According to the accounts of the dealer Adolphe Goupil the exceptionally elaborate frame cost 5 000 French francs or 1 000 a remarkable sum in 1853 1853 Oil on canvas cm 41 6 257 3 ; Framed cm 106 05 315 28 15 56 accession number 37 83 8491 Delaroche Estate Sale Paris 1857 Sale M M Goupil et Cie Paris Georges Petit 1856-1920 date and mode of acquisition unknown William T Walters city Baltimore George A Lucas Agenda Oct 3 1871 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters 1871 Signature Lower left Paul Delaroche; Date Lower left 1853 A Baltimorean in Paris George A Lucas 1860-1909 The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979 Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1999-2000 Déjà Vu Revealing Repetition in French Masterpieces The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Phoenix Art Museum Phoenix 2007-2008 19th Century Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum Santa Barbara Museum of Art Santa Barbara; Jack S Blanton Museum of Art Austin 2010-2011 place of origin France <gallery> File Charles Béranger - Replica of The Hémicycle - Walters 3783 jpg File Charles Béranger - Replica of The Hémicycle - Walters 3783 2 jpg </gallery> Walters Art Museum license 2D Charles Béranger French paintings in the Walters Art Museum 1850s paintings from France 1853 paintings Hémicycle des Beaux-arts by Paul Delaroche Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet | ||||
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