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
Horatii and Curiatii
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In the ancient Roman legend of the regal period, the Horatii and Curiatii were two sets of triplet brothers who lived during the reign of Tullus Hostilius. The accounts of their epic clash appear in t
Oath of the Horatii
…success with critics and the public and remains one of the best-known paintings in the Neoclassical style. It depicts a scene from the story of the Horatii and Curiatii, a Roman legend about a seventh-century BC dispute between two warring cities, Rome and Alba Longa, and stresses the importance of patriotism and…
Publius Horatius after killing his sister