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Description: Hail Caesar! We Who Are About to Die Salute You (Ave Caesar! Morituri te salutant)

TitleHail Caesar! We Who Are About to Die Salute You (Ave Caesar! Morituri te salutant)

Creator nameGérôme, Jean-Léon

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1859

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions36 1/2 x 57 1/4 in. (92.7 x 145.4 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/9187

Accession number1969.85

SubjectsGladiators in artColosseum (Rome, Italy)Painting, French--19th centuryAcademic art, French

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