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Military Prints by Jacques Louis David
Military Prints  Jacques Louis David |
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Jacques Louis David, military artist to Napoleon, showing Napoleon at his coronation and campaigns. Historical military prints published by Cranston Fine Arts. Once you have selected your prints, please use our secure ordering facility. |
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The Oath of the Horatii by Jacques Louis David (GL) This painting was commissioned by the Administrator of Royal Residences in 1784 and exhibited at the 1785 Salon under the title The Oath of the Horatii, between their Father's Hands. The story was taken from Titus-Livy. We are in the period of the wars between Rome and Alba, in 669 B.C. It has been decided that the dispute between the two cities must be settled by an unusual form of combat to be fought by two groups of three champions each. The two groups are the three Horatii brothers and the three Curiatii brothers. The drama lay in the fact that one of the sisters of the Curiatii, Sabina, is married to one of the Horatii, while one of the sisters of the Horatii, Camilla, is betrothed to one of the Curiatii. Despite the ties between the two families, the Horatii's father exhorts his sons to fight the Curiatii and they obey. |
The Sabine Women by Jacques Louis David. The Romans have abducted the daughters of their neighbors, the Sabines. To avenge this abduction, the Sabines attacked Rome, although not immediately, since Hersilia, the daughter of Tatius, the leader of the Sabines, had been married to Romulus, the Roman leader, and then had two children by him in the interim. Here we see Hersilia between her father and husband as she adjures the warriors on both sides not to take wives away from their husbands or mothers away from their children. The other Sabine Women join in her exhortations. |
Bonaparte Crossing the Great Saint Bernards Pass, By Jacques Louis David. Painted more as an important propaganda piece, than an historical painting, This painting shows Napoleon on a fine horse, in fact he crossed the Alps on a mule. |
Distribution of the Eagles by Jacques Louis David. No text for this item |
Portrait of Napoleon by Jacques Louis David. No text for this item |
Death of Socrates by Jacques Louis David (GL) This picture depicts the closing moments of the life of Socrates. Condemned to death or exile by the Athenian government for his teaching methods which aroused scepticism and impiety in his students, Socrates heroicly rejected exile and accepted death from hemlock. Here the philosopher continues to speak even while reaching for the cup, demonstrating his indifference to death and his unyielding commitment to his ideals. Jacques Louis David painted this historical picture in 1787. Commissioned by the Trudaine de Montigny brothers, leaders in the call for a free market system and more public discussion. |
Coronation of Napoleon by Jacques Louis David. This painting was commissioned by Napoleon in September 1804 and completed in 1807. The original painting is 10 metres by 6 metres, and the official title is : Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon I and Coronation of the Empress Josephine in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris on 2nd December 1804. |
The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of his Sons by Jacques Louis David (GL) The full title of this lagre magnificent painting is Brutus Returning Home after Having Sentenced His Sons for Plotting a Tarquinian Restoration and Conspiring against Roman Freedom, the Lictors Bring their Bodies to be Buried. Having led the fight which overthrew the monarchy and established the Roman Republic, Brutus tragically saw his own sons participate in a plot to restore the monarchy. As a judge, he was called upon to render the verdict, and unhesitatingly condemned his own sons to death. |
Leonidas at Thermopylae by Jacques Louis David 1748-1825 (GL) No text for this item |
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