The Oath of the Horatii

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Neoclassical painting history painting oil painting

The Oath of the Horatii is a seminal 1784 Neoclassical history painting by Jacques-Louis David that dramatizes Roman patriotic sacrifice and became an icon of Enlightenment and revolutionary ideals.

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Jacques-Louis David painting Oath of the Horatii 1
Le Serment des Horaces 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Neoclassical painting ⓘ
history painting ⓘ
oil painting ⓘ
artisticStyle austere architectural setting ⓘ
clarity of line ⓘ
frieze-like composition ⓘ
sculptural modeling of figures ⓘ
severe Neoclassical style ⓘ
strong chiaroscuro ⓘ
basedOn Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita ⓘ
Horatii brothers ⓘ
surface form: Roman legend of the Horatii and Curiatii
collection Louvre Museum ⓘ
surface form: Musée du Louvre
colorPalette muted, earthy tones ⓘ
commissionedBy Charles-Claude Flahaut de la Billarderie ⓘ
French Crown ⓘ
compositionFeature central vanishing point at raised swords ⓘ
contrast between rigid male figures and collapsed female figures ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
creator Jacques-Louis David ⓘ
depicts Horatii brothers ⓘ
Sabine women ⓘ
their father ⓘ
depictsTime Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: ancient Rome
exhibitedAt Paris Salon ⓘ
firstExhibition Salon of 1785 ⓘ
genre history painting ⓘ
height approximately 330 cm ⓘ
inception 1784 ⓘ
influenced French Revolutionary visual culture ⓘ
later Neoclassical painters ⓘ
influencedBy Enlightenment moral philosophy ⓘ
Renaissance history painting ⓘ
classical Roman art ⓘ
interpretedAs allegory of loyalty to the state ⓘ
icon of Enlightenment civic virtue ⓘ
precursor image of the French Revolution ⓘ
location Louvre Museum ⓘ
mainSubject Roman patriotic sacrifice ⓘ
civic duty ⓘ
conflict between public duty and private emotion ⓘ
materialUsed oil paint ⓘ
movement Neoclassicism ⓘ
notableFor didactic moral message ⓘ
emphasis on stoic heroism over sentiment ⓘ
originalLanguageTitle French ⓘ
setting austere Roman interior with arches ⓘ
support canvas ⓘ
title The Oath of the Horatii self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Le Serment des Horaces

The Oath of the Horatii self-link ⓘ
width approximately 425 cm ⓘ

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Horatii brothers → depictedIn → The Oath of the Horatii ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jacques-Louis David painting Oath of the Horatii
Denon Wing → housesArtwork → The Oath of the Horatii ⓘ
Jacques-Louis David → notableWork → The Oath of the Horatii ⓘ
Louvre Museum → notableWork → The Oath of the Horatii ⓘ
The Oath of the Horatii → title → The Oath of the Horatii self-link ⓘ
The Oath of the Horatii → title → The Oath of the Horatii self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Le Serment des Horaces