Jean-Léon GérômeFrancia, 1824–1904Consummatum est
Jerusalem
¿Se puede contemplar?
Se desconoce: el museo guarda silencio
Museo de Orsay
París, Francia
Se sabe quién es el propietario. Si hoy está expuesta, el museo no lo dice, y a adivinar no nos enseñaron.
- En este estado desde
- Fuente
- Los datos de colección del propio museo
About the painting
Consummatum est es un cuadro del pintor francés Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904), realizado en 1867, que se encuentra en el Museo de Orsay de París, Francia.
El título alude a las últimas palabras de Jesucristo pronunciadas poco antes de expirar según cita el Evangelio de Juan según la Vulgata. La frase Consummatum est es una locución latina que significa literalmente se acabó todo, todo está cumplido, donde Jesús alude a que ha cumplido con la voluntad divina.
En la obra se representa el Gólgota, lugar de la muerte de Cristo según la Biblia, donde solo se percibe la sombra de los tres ejecutados, Jesús, el Buen Ladrón y el Mal Ladrón, un paisaje bajo un cielo tormentoso y la ciudad de Jerusalén al fondo.
El inusual modo de abordar el tema le valió al pintor las más crudas críticas de su carrera.
Ficha
- Número de inventario
- RF 1990 7
Fuentes
- Wikidata · obtenido hace 6 días
- Imagen: Museo de Orsay — Jean-Léon Gérôme · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Mientras tanto, en la vida de Jean-Léon Gérôme
La vida entera1864–1904
The studio everyone wanted to join
Places in Gérôme’s atelier were limited and keenly sought: only the best students were admitted. Students progressed from drawing after antique works and casts to drawing from the live model and only then were allowed to paint in oils; he attended every Wednesday and Saturday and was known as a severe critic, but helped his students outside the school too, inviting them to his own studio and recommending them to the Salon.
1865
Elected to the Institut de France at the fifth attempt
Gérôme was elected to the Institut de France on his fifth attempt; in these years his influence became extensive and he was a regular guest of Empress Eugénie at the court in Compiègne.
1865
An official painting of the Siamese embassy
The Siamese ambassadors were presented to Napoleon III in the summer of 1861, and Gérôme received a commission for an official canvas for Versailles. Once at work he found he had to depict some 80 real people, which came hard because of his dislike of portraiture; the picture was shown at the Salon of 1865.
1867
The World’s Fair: twelve canvases and “The Death of Caesar”
At the 1867 World’s Fair Gérôme showed twelve canvases in the French pavilion; “The Death of Caesar” stood out, once again drawing immoderate praise from Gautier. That same year he was promoted to officer of the Legion of Honour.
1868
“The Execution of Marshal Ney”: asked to withdraw the picture
“The Execution of Marshal Ney” at the Salon of 1868 prompted Ney’s descendants to ask Gérôme to withdraw it, but he refused. Opinion was sharply split, and this Salon marked the beginning of a lasting divide between Gérôme and many French critics, who accused him of relying on literary devices, of commercialising art and of bringing politics into it.
1 January 1868
Leaves for the Near East with eight friends
On 1 January 1868 Gérôme left his students in the care of Gustave Boulanger and set off for the Near East with eight fellow artists and writers. In Cairo he was received by the Khedive Ismail Pasha, then visited Giza and the Faiyum oasis.
