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Jacques-Louis David
(30th Aug, 1748 - 29th Dec, 1825)
Les Amours de Pâris et d'Hélène
1788
Credit:
Photo (C) Musée du Louvre, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Angèle Dequier
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Keywords:
scène antique grecque
caryatid
Trojan War
Paris (mythology)
love
nude (male)
mythological scene
Neo-classicism
seduction
lyre
couple
bed (furniture)
Helen (of Troy)
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About the artwork
Title:
Les Amours de Pâris et d'Hélène
Periods:
18th century
contemporary period from 1789 until 1914
19th century
XVIIIth century
XIXth century
Techniques:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
1460 x 1810
Inventory number:
INV3696
Location:
musée du Louvre
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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