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Jacques-Louis David
French
b.Aug. 30, 1748, Paris
d.Dec. 29, 1825, Brussels
Jacques-Louis David is famous for his huge, dramatic canvasses of Napoleon and other historical figures, including Oath of the Horatii (1784), Death of Marat (1793) and The Sabine Women (1799). Early in his career he was a leader in the neoclassical movement; later his subjects became more modern and political. David was himself active in the French Revolution as a supporter of Robespierre and is sometimes called the chief propagandist for the Revolution; after the Reign of Terror ended he was briefly imprisoned for his actions. When Napoleon took power David became his court painter and created several grand canvasses of the Emperor, including the heroic Napoleon Bonaparte Crossing the Alps (1801) and the enormous Coronation of Napoleon and Josephine (1807). David also painted Napoleon in His Study (1812), with its famous image of Napoleon with one hand tucked inside his vest. After Napoleon ouster David went in exile to Brussels, where he remained until his 1825 death
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Painting ID:: 20801
Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon (mk05)
Canvas 244 1/2 x 385 1/2'')621 x 979 cmSalon of 1808;commissioned by Napoleon I.INV 3699 (MN)
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Painting ID:: 20802
Leonidas at Thermopylae (mk05)
1814
Canvas 155 1/2 x 209''(395 x 531 cm)Acquired in 1819.INV 3609(G/AR)
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Painting ID:: 20804
General Bonaparte (mk05)
Canvas 32 x 25 1/2''(81 x 65 cm)Sketch painted in 1797-1798 in preparation for a large picture that was to represent Bonaparte looking at the Alps from the plateau of Rivoli.Gift of Carlos de Beistegui in 1942;entered the Louvre in 1953 R.F 1942-18(S/AR)
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Painting ID:: 20807
The Intervention of the Sabine Women (mk05)
1799
Canvas 151 1/2 x 205 1/2''(385 x 522 cm)Exhibited at the Louvre from 1799 to 1804;shown at the Salon of 1808;acquired in 1819 INV 3691 (MN)
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Painting ID:: 33780
The Oath of the Horatii
mk86
1784
Oil on canvas
330x425cm
Paris,Musee National du Louvre
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Jacques-Louis David
French
b.Aug. 30, 1748, Paris
d.Dec. 29, 1825, Brussels
Jacques-Louis David is famous for his huge, dramatic canvasses of Napoleon and other historical figures, including Oath of the Horatii (1784), Death of Marat (1793) and The Sabine Women (1799). Early in his career he was a leader in the neoclassical movement; later his subjects became more modern and political. David was himself active in the French Revolution as a supporter of Robespierre and is sometimes called the chief propagandist for the Revolution; after the Reign of Terror ended he was briefly imprisoned for his actions. When Napoleon took power David became his court painter and created several grand canvasses of the Emperor, including the heroic Napoleon Bonaparte Crossing the Alps (1801) and the enormous Coronation of Napoleon and Josephine (1807). David also painted Napoleon in His Study (1812), with its famous image of Napoleon with one hand tucked inside his vest. After Napoleon ouster David went in exile to Brussels, where he remained until his 1825 death
. Related Artists to Jacques-Louis David: | Ammi Phillips | Rudolf Epp | Michael Conrad Hirt | Honore Daumier | Henri Levy |
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