Funérailles de Sadi Carnot 1er juillet 1894, Georges Jules Bertrand

Funeral of sadi carnot july 1, 1894 the painter georges bertrand received the commission for a painting commemorating the ceremony. After having thought of representing the interior of the building, with the homage of the nation in front of the catafalque, it represents the portico of the pantheon in front of which "the representatives of the french nation thank the representatives of foreign powers for the homage they have come to pay to president carnot". The grandiose staging is treated in shades of black, gray and white, enhanced only by the colorful procession of foreign representatives, behind the apostolic nuncio, dressed all in purple. Object Type: painting. Date: 1894.