Jacques-Louis David

Name

Jacques-Louis David

Birth Year

1748

Death Year

1825

Country

France

Movement

Neoclassicism

Jacques-Louis David Biography

David was born into the family of a wealthy Parisian merchant on August 30, 1748. When the boy was about 10 years old his father, Louis-Maurice, died after a pistol duel. David's two uncles, François Buron (1731-1818) and Jacques- François Desmaisons (c.1720-89) who were both architects and building contractors, took care of the boy's upbringing. First he was educated at a boarding school and the Collège des Quatre Nations in Paris. When he decided on the career of an artist his uncles helped him to become a student of Joseph-Marie Vien (1716-1809), a professor at the Academy who had a reputation as a good teacher.

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Jacques-Louis David 54 Most Important Paintings and Artworks

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  Portrait Of Marie-Françoise Buron, The Artist's Cousin.
  

  c.1769. Oil on canvas. 66 x 54 cm. Musee National des Beaux-Arts, Algiers.

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  The Combat Of Mars And Minerva.
  

  1771. Oil on canvas. 146 x 181 cm. Louvre, Paris, France. Read Note.

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  Sorrow.
  

  1773. Colored chalks on paper. 53.5 x 41 cm. Ecole Nationale Superiere des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France.

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  Antiochus And Stratonice.
  

  1774. Oil on canvas. 120 x 155 cm. École Nationale Supériere des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France. Read Note.

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  The Funeral Of Patroclus.
  

  1778. Oil on canvas. 94 x 218 cm. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. Read Note.

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  St. Roch Interceding With The Virgin For The Plague Striken.
  

  1780. Oil on canvas. 260 x 195 cm. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Marseille, France. Read Note.

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  Portrait Of Count Stanislas Potocki.
  

  1780. Oil on canvas. 304 x 218 cm. National Museum, Warsaw, Poland. Read Note.

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  Belisaire Demandant L'Aumone.
  

  1781. Oil on canvas. 288 x 312 cm. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille, France.

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  Christ On The Cross.
  

  1782. Oil on canvas. 276 x 188 cm. Church of St. Vincent, Mâcon, France. Read Note.

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  Portrait Of Doctor Alphonse Leroy.
  

  1783. Oil on canvas. 72 x 91 cm. Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France.

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  Andromache Mourning Hector.
  

  1783. Oil on canvas. The Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow, Russia. Read Note.

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  The Oath Of Horatii.
  

  1784. Oil on canvas. 330 x 425 cm. Louvre, Paris, France. Read Note.

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  The Oath Of Horatii. Detail.
  

  1784. Oil on canvas. 330 x 425 cm. Louvre, Paris, France.

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  Portrait Of Charles-Pierre Pécoul, Contractor Of Royal Buildings,...
  

  1784. Oil on canvas. 92 x 73 cm. Louvre, Paris, France.

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  Portrait Of Madame Pécoul, Mother-In-Law Of The Artist.
  

  1784. Oil on canvas. 93 x 72 cm. Louvre, Paris, France.

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  The Death Of Socrates.
  

  1787. Oil on canvas. 129.5 x 196 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Read Note.

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  The Love Of Paris And Helen.
  

  1788. Oil on canvas. 147 x 180 cm. Louvre, Paris, France. Read Note.

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  Portrait Of Antoine-Laurent And Marie-Anne Lavoisier.
  

  1788. Oil on canvas. 259.7 x 196 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Read Note.

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  The Lictors Returning To Brutus The Bodies Of His Sons.
  

  1789. Oil on canvas. 323 x422 cm. Louvre, Paris, France. Read Note.

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  The Lictors Returning To Brutus The Bodies Of His Sons. Detail.
  

  1789. Oil on canvas. 323 x422 cm. Louvre, Paris, France.