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Jacques-Louis David

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Painting of Socrates in a stone prison cell, raising a finger as a young man holds a cup while mourning companions gather.

The Death of Socrates

1787

Painting of a woman in a pink gown embracing a young man with a spear in a dark rocky setting, with a white dog beside him.

The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis

1818

Oil study of Roman interior with lictors, grieving women in white and red drapery, columns, and a seated bearded man.

The Lictors Returning to Brutus the Bodies of his Sons. Study

Neoclassical painting of grieving women in a draped interior as lictors carry bodies in the background.

Lictors bring to Brutus the bodies of his sons

Painting of armored soldiers and women with infants amid a battle before a fortified city with spears and horses.

The Intervention of the Sabine Women

1799

Neoclassical painting of three brothers raising swords in a colonnade while grieving women sit to the right.

Oath of the Horatii

1784

Painting of a plumed-helmeted warrior centered among nude and draped soldiers with wreaths, before a temple and rocky cliffs.

Leonidas at Thermopylae

1814

Painting of nude winged Cupid and sleeping Psyche reclining on a gilded bed with red drapery and a dusk landscape.

Cupid and Psyche

1817

Painting of a helmeted warrior turned from a bearded king, with a woman in a flower wreath and a crowned woman behind them.

The Anger of Achilles

1819

Painting of a robed emperor on a dais gesturing to soldiers raising eagle standards beneath red drapery and a crowd of courti

The Army takes an Oath to the Emperor after the Distribution of Eagles, 5 December 1804

1810

Painting of an elderly man dying in a basin surrounded by mourning women, soldiers and classical columns.

The Death of Seneca

1773

Large history painting of a crowned ceremony in a church interior, with a kneeling woman in white robes and clergy and courti

The Coronation of Napoleon

1807

Painting of a stern seated Roman man as lictors carry in bodies while grieving women gather near a red-draped table.

The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons

1789

Neoclassical painting of a seated nude man playing a lyre beside a draped woman in a classical interior with blue drapery.

Paris and Helen

1788

Woman in white dress reclining on a gold daybed beside a tall lamp stand, against a dark wall.

Portrait of Madame Récamier

1800

Painting of a nude young male lying face down on the ground with eyes closed, soft wooded landscape behind him.

The death of young Bara

1794

Sketch of many nude male figures in a crowd, some embracing and some with arms raised, drawn in brown tones.

The Jeu de Paume Oath

1790

Painting of an elderly man in a bath surrounded by grieving women, attendants and soldiers beside classical columns.

La Mort de Sénèque

1773

Crowded hall of men raising arms in oath, with a central standing figure and spectators in galleries above, painted in dark t

Serment du Jeu de paume, le 20 juin 1789

1791

Neoclassical painting of a seated beggar and child receiving alms from a veiled woman beside Roman columns, with a soldier be

Belisarius Begging for Alms

1784

Painting of a reclining male nude on a stone ledge with a golden drape, against a dark background.

Académie d´homme, Hector

1778

Neoclassical studio scene with a seated painter at an easel, a helmeted man standing, and a nude woman reclining on a couch.

Apelles Painting Campaspe in the Presence of Alexander the Great

Painting of a seated woman with a lyre beside a reclining bearded man in a classical columned interior.

Calliope Mourning Homer

1812

Painting of Minerva pointing at a fallen Mars on a battlefield, with a chariot, soldiers and cherubs above.

Lille Pdba david minerve mars

1771

Painting of a crowd of men in period clothing with raised arms in a large hall, spectators in galleries above.

Tennis Court Oath

1750

Painting of a classical funeral with a body on steps beside a log pyre, mourners, warriors, chariots and ships in the distanc

The Funeral of Patroclus

1778

Painting of Apollo and Diana firing arrows from clouds at fallen figures, with a central woman raising her arm skyward.

Apollo and Diana attacking the Children of Niobe

1772

Oil portrait of a seated man in a pink coat and blue headwrap writing with a quill, beside a brass microscope and books.

Portrait of Doctor Alphonse Leroy

1783

Black chalk drawing of a nude man in a head wrap leaning on his hand beside a chain and a bowl on a ledge.

The Prisoner

c. 1816-22

Grey wash drawing of two nude figures, Cupid and Psyche, reclining on a draped couch by a window.

Cupid and Psyche

1813

Graphite drawing of a bare-breasted woman in a veil before three bearded, draped men in classical dress.

Phryne before Her Judges

c. 1816-20

Graphite sketch of a plumed warrior with spear and shield at the center of a crowded ancient battle scene among trees.

Leonidas at Thermopylae

ca. 1812-13

Pencil study on cream paper of two nude male figures on a squared grid, one standing with folded arms and one reaching upward

Study for "The Distribution of the Eagles"

c. 1810

Grey wash drawing of a classical interior with lictors carrying bodies, a grieving seated man, and kneeling women beneath col

The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of His Sons

1787

Grey wash drawing of a villa with a square tower, arcaded wing, and shrubs in the foreground under a pale sky.

Villa in the Campagna

1775-80

Graphite drawing of a reclining classical figure with bare feet and drapery resting on a cushioned base.

Hermaphrodite

ca. 1780 or ca. 1810

Pencil sketch of draped figures in a colonnaded classical interior, with a seated man at left and a group at right.

Study for The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of his Sons

ca. 1788

Pen drawing of Jupiter, a seated enthroned god with an eagle, and Juno in classical drapery.

Gods and Goddess

Grey wash drawing of a chaotic ancient battle with chariots, horses and warriors, with gods watching from clouds above.

The Combat of Diomedes

1776

Pencil sketch of draped figures in a classical interior, one offering a cup beside a couch, with curtains and columns.

Scene from Ancient History: Cup Offered to an Invalid

n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of nude helmeted soldiers with shields and raised weapons advancing together in a crowded group.

Nude Soldiers Gesticulating with Their Weapons (recto); Two Drapery Studies for the Figure of Tatius (verso)

1796/97

Brown wash drawing of a large pyramid with small temple facades at its base and sailboats on a waterfront at right.

Study of a Pyramid

n.d.

Grey wash drawing of an older man in draped robes pulling away from a kneeling woman clinging to his arm.

The Departure of Marcus Attilius Regulus for Carthage

1785/86

An Antique Sculpture of a Horse

1780

Grey wash drawing of a columned classical building and pines above a foreground of Roman rooftops and a tall tower.

The Roman Circus near Santa Croce in Gerusalemme

1775/1780

Two Studies of the Head of a Young Man Crowned with a Laurel Wreath

1775/1780