Historic Painting: “Réception du Grand Condé” by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1878.

Originally posted on www.seanmunger.com:

Here is another wonderful painting by French artistJean-Léon Gérôme, whose work I have come to greatly admire. Recently I showcased his 1882 pictureThe Tulip Folly and an earlier (1872) view of ancient Rome,Pollice Verso. Here is another historic picture by him, painted in 1878. It’s calledRéception du Grand Condéà Versailles (“Reception of Grand Condé at Versailles”) and as you can see it’s every bit as magnificent as the previous paintings I’ve sho...