Dying Gladiator is a notable marble sculpture by Pierre Julien of a man, sitting on the ground with one arm on a shield. - AsNotedIn
This isn't marble; it's flesh ... [and depicts]... an unfortunate perishing wretch, whose pain we share: in short, this sculpture is pure soul. One does not often get to see so strong a piece.
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
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| 1779/03/27 | Pierre Julien | Sculptor | Pierre Julien's marble version of "Dying Gladiator" is received with unanimous approval from the jury at the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture. The statue is located at the Musee du Louvre in Paris. | ||||
| 1793/08/00 | The marble "Gladiateur mourant" by Pierre Julien is siezed during the French Revolutionary. | ||||||
| 1798/06/19 | Julien's marble "Gladiateur mourant" is part of the Special School of Painting and Sculpture, June 19, 1798. | ||||||
| 1808/03/00 | Alexandre Lenoir | Conservator | Julien's marble "Gladiateur mourant" is placed in the Museum of French Monuments, probably in March 1808. Created in 1795, the 'Musee des Monuments francais' was located in the former convent of the Petits-Augustins, now part of the Beaux-Arts de Paris. | Chapelle des Petits-Augustins | Palais des Etudes, Ecole des Beaux-Arts | ||
| 1817/00/00 | After 1816, Pierre Julien's marble "Gladiateur mourant" stays at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. | Chapelle des Petits-Augustins | Palais des Etudes, Ecole des Beaux-Arts | ||||
| 1851/00/00 | Leon de Laborde, curator of sculptures, claims Pierre Julien's marble "Dying Gladiator" for the Louvre. | ||||||
| 1866/02/28 | Louvre acquires Pierre Julien's marble "Dying Gladiator" by decree. | Louvre Museum | Paris | ||||
| 1867/00/00 | In the 1860s, Adolphe Braun makes a photograph of Pierre Julien's marble "Dying Gladiator" at the Musee du Louvre in Paris. |
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| Sight Category | Object | ||
| Art Type | Sculpture | ||
| Historic Use | Work of Art | ||
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| Inventory Number: | RF4923 | ||
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