. Gérôme : the life and works of Jean Léon Gérôme . THE CHRISTIAN MARTYRS OR THE LAST PRAYER. ///•/ L\/> WORKS 0/ // M VdME 9 Asturians; Ethiopia sues for peace; the Parthians, terrified, send back to himthe standards taken from Crassus, togethei with all the Unman prisoners; Indiaseeks Ins alliance; the power oi his arms is felt by the Rhaetians, whom theirmountains could not defend. Pannonia recognizes him, Germany fears him, andthe Weser submits to his laws. Victorious on land and sea, he closes the Templeot Janus. The whole universe lives in peace under his rule, and Jesus Christ isbom
. Gérôme : the life and works of Jean Léon Gérôme . THE CHRISTIAN MARTYRS OR THE LAST PRAYER. ///•/ L\/> WORKS 0/ // M VdME 9 Asturians; Ethiopia sues for peace; the Parthians, terrified, send back to himthe standards taken from Crassus, togethei with all the Unman prisoners; Indiaseeks Ins alliance; the power oi his arms is felt by the Rhaetians, whom theirmountains could not defend. Pannonia recognizes him, Germany fears him, andthe Weser submits to his laws. Victorious on land and sea, he closes the Templeot Janus. The whole universe lives in peace under his rule, and Jesus Christ isbom into the world. I he canvas ot (ierome is not unworthy this sublime page and can serveas an illustration lor it. We shall try to describe, as well as words will pi rmit,the appearance of this vast composition, which embraces an entire ccntun anda whole world in a synthetic form. Against a sky of placid azure, untroubled bya single cloud, is outlined the Temple oi Janus, with its pediment surmountedby the quadriga closed lor the third time since the foundation of Rome: m ilu round can be
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