McCallam, D. (2020) The obverse view: Another look at Jean-Léon Gérôme’s Le 7 décembre 1815, neuf heures du matin [The execution of Marshal Ney] (1868). Dix-Neuf, 24 (1). pp. 82-98. ISSN 1478-7318
Abstract
In the light of recent re-evaluations of Jean-Léon Gérôme’s practice and significance as a history painter, this article focuses on one of his more controversial and innovative artworks, Le 7 décembre 1815, neuf heures du matin. This painting depicts the immediate aftermath of maréchal Michel Ney’s execution by the Restoration regime in 1815. The article reassesses in particular the scandalised reception of the painting in the Paris Salon of 1868 and proposes alternative readings of the artwork’s subversive qualities, both for its Second Empire public and for its twentieth-first-century viewers.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Informa Uk Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Dix-Neuf. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Gérôme; Ney; death; history painting; Salon 1868 |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > School of Languages and Cultures (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 05 Feb 2020 13:52 |
Last Modified: | 08 Dec 2021 11:34 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Informa UK Limited |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/14787318.2020.1721693 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:156538 |