The Death of Caesar

Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1859, Walters Art Museum

‘The Death of Caesar’ is a work by Jean-Léon Gérôme (France, 1824–1904). It is dated 1859. It is part of the collection Walters Art Museum. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.

It is made of oil paint and canvas. It measures 86 × 146 cm. The work belongs to the genre history painting. The things depicted include murder, Julius Caesar, toga, and clothing in ancient Rome.