5543 x 3300 px | 46,9 x 27,9 cm | 18,5 x 11 inches | 300dpi
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Jean-Leon Gerome (1824-1904) was a French painter and sculptor in what is now called the style of Academicism. This work, titled The Last Prayer, is in a private collection in the United States. The amphitheater is filled to overflowing with the crowd that has gathered to witness the martyrdom of the Christians. Around the vast arena, unhappy victims agonize upon the cross. In one corner of the arena, a group of men and women, condemned to die, confess their new faith in an ardent prayer, while from the opened subterraneous passage the ravenous beasts are advancing upon their human prey. Historically, there is no conclusive evidence that Christians were martyred in the Colosseum in Rome.
