File:Jacques-Louis David - Oath of the Horatii - Google Art Project.jpg

Summary

Artist



Description	French painter, writer, printmaker and illustrator
Date of birth/death	29 January 1767	8 December 1824
Location of birth/death	Montargis	former 1st arrondissement of Paris
Work period	neoclassicism era QS:P2348,Q14378
Work location	Paris, Rome
Authority file	: Q433434 VIAF: 27073449 ISNI: 0000000117534058 ULAN: 500115482 LCCN: n84058477 NLA: 35063972 WorldCat



Description	French painter, politician and architectural draftsperson
Date of birth/death	30 August 1748	29 December 1825
Location of birth/death	Paris	City of Brussels
Work period	neoclassicism era QS:P2348,Q14378
Work location	Paris, Rome, City of Brussels
Authority file	: Q83155 VIAF: 66575297 ISNI: 0000000121374173 ULAN: 500115221 LCCN: n50035639 NLA: 35033606 WorldCat

Details on Google Art Project

Title

Copy of the Oath of the Horatii - made by Girodet

Object type

painting

Description

Copy of the painting now in the Louvre made in 1786 to the Comte de Vaudreuil

Date

1786 (original by David made in 1784)

Medium

Oil on Canvas

Dimensions

130.2 x 166.2 cm

Collection

Toledo Museum of Art

	Native name	Toledo Museum of Art
	Location	Toledo
	Coordinates	41° 39′ 30″ N, 83° 33′ 34″ W
	Established	1912
	Website	www.toledomuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q1743116 VIAF: 146435543 ISNI: 000000040472943X ULAN: 500245395 LCCN: n79046209 NLA: 35552042 WorldCat

Current location

Toledo Art Museum

Accession number

1950.308

Notes

This is a smaller version of the original also painted by David and his student Anne- Louis Girodet-Trioson upon request. See the Toledo Museum's entry. More info at museum site

References

BELLENGER, Sylvain. Girodet (1767-1824). Paris: Gallimard; Louvre, 2005, p. 184. Catalogue of the exhibition held in a number of cities between 2005 and 2007

Source/Photographer

KwHkqyZxc2i04A at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level


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