Jules Jean Baptiste Toulot (1863-x)
[Jules Toulot]

Pupil of:

Gerome

In 1862 the literary world of France was treated to a sensation. It consisted in a romance entitled "Salammbo," written by Gustave Flaubert, which in the most daring and realistic manner revived the life of ancient Carthage, at the period of the Punic War, and provided a model upon which numerous realistic novelists have built themselves up. "Salammbo" took its title from the heroine of the story, a weird creation who has furnished a type which many painters have essayed to realize. One of the most successful of these attempts is that of Jules Jean Baptiste Toulot, a pupil of Gerome and a painter of the figure of much power. He represents Flaubert's heroine as she is about to enter bath, receiving the caresses of her pet serpent.

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