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Jacques-Louis David
(30th Aug, 1748 - 29th Dec, 1825)
Oath of the Horatii
1784
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Gérard Blot / Christian Jean
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Gérard Blot / Christian Jean
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Keywords:
oath
Antique costume
war between Rome and Alba Longa
Roman history
loyalty
soldier
costume antique romain
sword
Neo-classicism
Romain (Rome antique) (représenté)
scène antique romaine
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About the artwork
Title:
Oath of the Horatii
Periods:
19th century
contemporary period from 1789 until 1914
Techniques:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
3300 x 4250
Inventory number:
INV3692
Detail:
painting by Jacques-Louis David
Location:
musée du Louvre
See more about this artwork on Wikipedia:
Oath of the Horatii
(French:
Le Serment des Horaces
), is a large painting by the French artist Jacques-Louis David painted in 1784 and now on display in the Louvre in Paris. The painting immediately became a huge success with critics and the public, and remains one of the best known paintings in the Neoclassical style. It depicts a scene from a Roman legend about a dispute between two warring cities, Rome and Alba Longa, and stresses the importance of masculine self-sacrifice for one's country…
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About the author(s)
Author:
Jacques-Louis David
Also known as:
Jacques Louis David
Born:
30th Aug, 1748
Dead:
29th Dec, 1825
Country:
France
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Jacques-Louis David
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; 30 August 1748 – 29 December 1825) was an influential French painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era. In the 1780s his cerebral brand of history painting marked a change in taste away from Rococo frivolity toward a classical austerity and severity, heightened feeling harmonizing with the moral climate of the final years of the
Ancien Régime
. David later became an active supporter of…
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