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<p> A French historical painter, born in Paris; studied in Rome and settled in Paris; was carried away with the Revolution; joined the Jacobin Club, swore eternal friendship with Robespierre; designed "a statue of Nature with two <i> mammelles </i> spouting out water" for the deputes to drink to, and another of the sovereign people, "high as [[Salisbury]] steeple"; was sentenced to the guillotine, but escaped out of regard for his merit as an artist; appointed first painter by Napoleon, but on the [[Restoration]] was banished and went to Brussels, where he died; among his paintings are "The Oath of the Horatii," "The Rape of the Sabines," "The Death of Socrates," and "The [[Coronation]] of Napoleon" (1748-1825). </p> | Louis David <ref name="term_71977" /> | ||
==References == | <p> A French historical painter, born in Paris; studied in Rome and settled in Paris; was carried away with the Revolution; joined the Jacobin Club, swore eternal friendship with Robespierre; designed "a statue of Nature with two <i> mammelles </i> spouting out water" for the deputes to drink to, and another of the sovereign people, "high as [[Salisbury]] steeple"; was sentenced to the guillotine, but escaped out of regard for his merit as an artist; appointed first painter by Napoleon, but on the [[Restoration]] was banished and went to Brussels, where he died; among his paintings are "The [[Oath]] of the Horatii," "The [[Rape]] of the Sabines," "The Death of Socrates," and "The [[Coronation]] of Napoleon" (1748-1825). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_71977"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/david,+louis Louis David from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_71977"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/david,+louis Louis David from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:14, 15 October 2021
Louis David [1]
A French historical painter, born in Paris; studied in Rome and settled in Paris; was carried away with the Revolution; joined the Jacobin Club, swore eternal friendship with Robespierre; designed "a statue of Nature with two mammelles spouting out water" for the deputes to drink to, and another of the sovereign people, "high as Salisbury steeple"; was sentenced to the guillotine, but escaped out of regard for his merit as an artist; appointed first painter by Napoleon, but on the Restoration was banished and went to Brussels, where he died; among his paintings are "The Oath of the Horatii," "The Rape of the Sabines," "The Death of Socrates," and "The Coronation of Napoleon" (1748-1825).
