Imprisoned after Robespierre’s fall from power, he aligned himself with yet another political regime upon his release, that of Napoleon. “Oath of the Horatii” by Jacques-Louis David depicts a scene from a Roman legend about a seventh-century BC dispute between two warring cities, Rome and Alba Longa. This painting became an immediate success with critics and the public, which increased David’s fame, allowing him to take on his students.

Jacques-Louis David (1748 – 1825) was a French painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. The subject is the solemn moment, charged with stoicism and simple courage, when the three Horatii brothers face their father and offer their lives to assure victory for Rome in the war with Alba; the pictorial treatment—firm contours, bare cubic space,….

This page was last edited on 29 January 2020, at 18:50. Both towns were concerned that the nearby Etruscans would fall upon the two Latin states if they were weakened by mutual war and unable to defend themselves. In the 1780s, his history painting marked a change in taste away from Rococo frivolity toward a classical austerity and feeling, harmonizing with the moral climate of the final years of the Royal Régime. National Museum of African American History and Culture, J.F.Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, National Roman Legion Museum & Caerleon Fortress & Baths, Musée National du Moyen Age – National Museum of the Middle Ages, Akrotiri Archaeological Site – Santorini – Thera, Museum of the History of the Olympic Games, Alte Nationalgalerie – National Gallery, Berlin, Deutsches Historisches Museum – German Historical Museum, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía- Virtual Tour, Nationalmuseum – National Museum of Fine Arts, Stockholm, National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Jewish Museum of Australia – Virtual Tour, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Australia, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires), Most Popular Museums, Art and Historical Sites, Museum Masterpieces and Historical Objects, The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries, Ruggiero Freeing Angelica” by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, The Valpinçon Bather” by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, The Turkish Bath” by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Grande Odalisque” by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Perseus and Andromeda” by Joachim Wtewael, Self-portrait with Her Daughter, Julie by Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, The Virgin and Child with St. Anne” by Leonardo da Vinci, The Massacre at Chios” by Eugène Delacroix, The Battle of San Romano” by Paolo Uccello, Virgin of the Rocks” by Leonardo da Vinci, The Death of Sardanapalus” by Eugène Delacroix, Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss” by Antonio Canova, Liberty Leading the People” by Eugène Delacroix, The Arcadian Shepherds” by Nicolas Poussin, The Money Changer and His Wife” by Quentin Matsys, Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione” by Raphael, Charles I at the Hunt” by Anthony van Dyck, An Old Man and his Grandson” by Domenico Ghirlandaio, Vulcan Presenting Venus with Arms for Aeneas” by François Boucher, La belle ferronnière” by Leonardo da Vinci, The Death of Marat” by Gioacchino Giuseppe Serangeli after Jacques-Louis David, Oath of the Horatii” by Jacques-Louis David, The Coronation of Napoleon” by Jacques-Louis David, Title:                      Oath of the Horatii, French:                  Le Serment des Horaces, Birth:             1748 – Paris, Kingdom of France, Died:             1825 (aged 77) – Brussels, United Netherlands. – Jacques-Louis David, Photo Credit: 1) Jacques-Louis David [Public domain], Sponsor a Masterpiece with YOUR NAME CHOICE for $5.