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The Oath of the Horatii by Jacques-Louis David

The Oath of the Horatii

Jacques-Louis David · 1784

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Artist
Jacques-Louis David
Date
1784
Location
Department of Paintings of the Louvre
ART MOVEMENTS
Academic artClassicismNeoclassicism
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Jacques-Louis David

1748–1825 · France

David survived revolution, prison, and exile to paint Napoleon's glory — and still died the most influential artist in France.

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Amédée-David, the Comte de Pastoret Same movement · Neoclassicism Amédée-David, the Comte de Pastoret Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres · 1823 · Art Institute of Chicago A Limekiln, Possibly at Briton Ferry in South Wales Same era · 1760s–1790s A Limekiln, Possibly at Briton Ferry in South Wales J. M. W. Turner · 1797 · Yale Center for British Art Louis-Philippe-Joseph, Duke of Orleans 'Philippe Egalité' (1747-1793) (after Sir Joshua Reynolds) Same era · 1760s–1790s Louis-Philippe-Joseph, Duke of Orleans 'Philippe Egalité' (1747-1793) (after Sir Joshua Reynolds) Samuel Drummond · 1785 · National Trust Portrait of a Man Same era · 1760s–1790s Portrait of a Man Benjamin West · 1790 · Art Institute of Chicago Milton Dictating to His Daughter Same era · 1760s–1790s Milton Dictating to His Daughter Henry Fuseli · 1794 · Art Institute of Chicago Portrait of a Lady Same era · 1760s–1790s Portrait of a Lady John Smart of Ipswich · 1773 · Yale Center for British Art Self-Portrait Same era · 1760s–1790s Self-Portrait Francisco Goya · 1783 · Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Agen Sappho embracing Love Same era · 1760s–1790s Sappho embracing Love John Mannin · 1786 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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