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Summary

Lionel Royer: Vercingetorix Throwing down His Weapons at the feet of Julius Caesar

Artist



Alternative names	Лионел Ройер; Lionel Noel Royer; Lionel-Noël Royer; Lionel Nöel Royer; Lionel Noël Royer; Lionel-Noel Royer; リオネル・ロワイエ
Description	French painter
Date of birth/death	25 December 1852	30 June 1926
Location of birth/death	Château-du-Loir	Neuilly-sur-Seine
Authority file	: Q1827276 VIAF: 95711781 ISNI: 0000000067917746 ULAN: 500005077 GND: 1073891925 SUDOC: 181811448

Title

French:

Vercingetorix jette ses armes aux pieds de Jules César

Vercingetorix throws down his arms at the feet of Julius Caesar

العربية: لوحة من القرن التاسع عشر تصور استسلام فرسن جتريكس (ملك الغال) ليوليوس قيصر

Alternative title(s):

French:

Vercingétorix devant César

Vercingetorix before Caesar

Object type

painting

Genre

history painting

Description

The painting depicts the surrender of the Gallic chieftain after the Battle of Alesia (52 BC). The depiction of Gauls with long hair and mustaches is also called into question today. The horse is a Percheron, although at this time this breed was not in Gaul. The rectangular shield also does not accord with the time when they were mostly oval. As well as this, the depiction of the soldiers in the 'Lorica Segmentata' armour is not accurate for the period - as standard issue Legionary uniform were the 'Lorica Hamata' used in the late Republican Period.

Depicted people

Date

1899

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 321 cm (10.5 ft)

; width: 482 cm (15.8 ft)

Collection

Musée Crozatier

	Native name	Musée Crozatier
	Location	Puy-en-Velay, Auvergne, France
	Coordinates	45° 02′ 19″ N, 3° 52′ 59″ E
	Established	1868
	Website	https://www.musee.patrimoine.lepuyenvelay.fr/
	Authority file	: Q3329125 VIAF: 146175663 ISNI: 0000000121789280 ULAN: 500301260 LCCN: n82099671 SUDOC: 02654606X WorldCat

Accession number

1903.59 (Musée Crozatier)

Place of creation

France

Exhibition history

Salon of 1899, Galerie des Machines

Inscriptions

Signature and date bottom right:

LIONEL ROYER / 1899

Notes

Musée Crozatier online (can choose language, FR/EN, near top right of webpage)

References

Joconde work ID: 01160003005

Authority file

: Q17418151
Joconde: 01160003005

Source/Photographer

Musée CROZATIER du Puy-en-Velay. — http://www.mairie-le-puy-en-velay.fr.
http://forum.artinvestment.ru/blog.php?b=273473&langid=5

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	12:11, 26 April 2015	2,204 × 1,469 (920 KB)	Hohum	Better version
	06:18, 15 January 2010	1,024 × 768 (79 KB)	Gump Stump	better aspect ratio, larger size
	14:46, 29 September 2006	789 × 541 (87 KB)	Loveless	This image was copied from wikipedia:fr. The original description was: fr:Vercingétorix jette ses fr:armes aux pieds de fr:Jules César, fr:1899, par fr:Lionel-Noël Royer Source: Musée CROZATIER du fr:Puy-en-Velay http
	14:06, 27 September 2006	789 × 541 (87 KB)	Horatius	Vercingétorix jette ses armes aux pieds de Jules César, 1899, par Lionel-Noël Royer Source: Musée CROZATIER du Puy-en-Velay http://www.mairie-le-puy-en-velay.fr Licence: Domaine public, l'auteur est mort en 1926, soit depui