A group of Christians kneels in prayer at the center of a vast Roman arena as a lion enters from the left and bound figures burn along the wall. Gérôme contrasts the still cluster with the immense architecture, spectators, and approaching violence. Sources: https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.113; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jean-L%C3%A9on%20G%C3%A9r%C3%B4me%20-%20The%20Christian%20Martyrs'%20Last%20Prayer%20-%20Walters%2037113.jpg (Public domain image).

Exhibition Venue

Walters Art Museum

Baltimore, United States