Image: Getty Villa, Los Angeles
Image: Getty Villa, Los Angeles
Image: Musée Fabre, Montpellier
France, 1748–1825
Jacques-Louis David was a French painter known for his Neoclassical style. He was considered a leading figure in his era and contributed to a shift in artistic taste towards classical austerity and severity in the 1780s. His history paintings reflected the moral climate of the late Ancien Régime.
Image: Getty Villa, Los Angeles
Image: Getty Villa, Los Angeles
Image: Musée Fabre, Montpellier
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