Oath of the Horatii
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Oath of the Horatii is a large painting by the French artist Jacques-Louis David painted in 1784 and 1785 and now on display in the Louvre in Paris. The painting immediately became a huge success with
Le Serment des Horaces Jacques Louis David Musée du Louvre Peintures INV 3692; MR 1432
David's The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons, 1789
Oath of the Horatii, a second smaller version painted in 1786 by David and his pupil Girodet, now in Toledo, Ohio
Study for Camilla, black chalk and white highlights
Roman salute
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The Roman salute, also known as the fascist salute, is a gesture in which the right hand is swung from the left shoulder to fully extend the right arm forward perpendicular to the torso, with palm dow
Oath of the Horatii
…The three brothers in the painting are each raising and extending one of their arms forward, with palms facing downward. This became the basis for the Roman Salute, which would be then used to signify allegiance to fascist Italy and later the Nazi Party. List of paintings by Jacques-Louis David…
Trajan's Column, Plate LXII. Onlookers raise their arms to acclaim the emperor using a gesture very different from the "Roman salute".
Augustus of Prima Porta
The Tennis Court Oath (1791), by Jacques-Louis David