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Scene from the Gallic Wars: The Gaul Littavicus, Betraying the Roman Cause, Flees to Gergovie to Support Vercingétorix
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Scene from the Gallic Wars: The Gaul Littavicus, Betraying the Roman Cause, Flees to Gergovie to Support Vercingétorix

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

13 1/2 x 17 3/4 in. (34.3 x 45.1 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Lisa and William O'Reilly, 2001

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Rights

Public Domain

About Théodore Chassériau

1819–1856France

Born in the Dominican Republic. Painter of decorative schemes, portraits, nudes, and North African scenes. Perhaps most famous for the decoration of the Cour des Comptes in the Palais d'Orsay; he combined Ingres' classical linear grace with Delacroix's Romantic color. Comment on works: history