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Follower of Joseph-Désiré Court

Mark Antony delivering the funeral oration over the dead body of Caesar

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February 2, 03:08 PM GMT

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1,000 - 1,500 GBP

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Follower of Joseph-Désiré Court

Mark Antony delivering the funeral oration over the dead body of Caesar 


inscribed lower right: 21

oil on board

unframed: 28.4 x 32.9 cm.; 11 x 13 in. 

framed: 36.4 x 41 cm.; 14 1/2 x 16 1/8 in.

This composition derives from Joseph-Désiré Court’s masterpiece The Death of Caesar, exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1827, and now at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Arras (inv. no. D 926.9).Another version by Court can be found at the Fabre Museum in Montpellier.2


1 https://webmuseo.com/ws/musenor/app/collection/record/12377

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/PeinturesMus%C3%A9eFabre116_Court_mort_de_C%C3%A9sar.jpg