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Jacques Louis David

1748–1825

Eugène Bourgeois after Georges Rouget. Print, 1814.
Eugène Bourgeois after Georges Rouget. Print, 1814.

David trained with Joseph-Marie Vien and won the Prix de Rome in 1774. During the Revolution he served in the Convention, voted for Louis XVI's execution and organized festivals. Imprisoned after Robespierre's fall, he was released in 1795 and later allied himself with Napoleon.

Works

The Death of Socrates — Jacques Louis DavidJacques Louis David

The Death of Socrates

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794) and Marie Anne Lavoisier (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze, 1758–1836) — Jacques Louis DavidJacques Louis David

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794) and Marie Anne Lavoisier (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze, 1758–1836)

Cupid and Psyche — Jacques Louis DavidJacques Louis David

Cupid and Psyche

The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries — Jacques Louis DavidJacques Louis David

The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries

Sources

Eugène Bourgeois · Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0 1.0 / Public Domain Portrait source · Licence