Le Panorama du siècle : Fête de la Fédération 1790 - La Convention 1792

Henri Gervex's panorama panel depicting the Fête de la Fédération of 1790 and the Convention of 1792 (1889) is part of his visual chronicle of French revolutionary history, painted for the centennial Exposition Universelle. The Fête de la Fédération — held on the Champ de Mars on July 14, 1790, exactly one year after the storming of the Bastille — was the great celebration of revolutionary unity. The Convention of 1792 established the Republic, the foundational political act of the revolutionary decade. Gervex's panel claimed these events as the Republic's own founding moments, linking the centennial celebrations to this foundational revolutionary heritage. The work is in the Petit Palais.

The panel depicts the outdoor spectacle of the Fête de la Fédération on the Champ de Mars alongside the indoor drama of the Convention's foundational session. Gervex balances these contrasting settings and scales with documentary ambition. The palette and handling are suited to official historical representation.