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David's stern drama shows three brothers swearing on their swords to defend Rome, their rigid resolve contrasted with the grieving women at right. Its clarity, severity and patriotic fervour made it a manifesto for a new age. It seemed to anticipate the spirit of the French Revolution.
Oath of the Horatii
- Date1784
- MovementNeoclassicism
- WhereLouvre, Paris
- RegionFrance