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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
The Oath of the Horatii canonical	4
Jacques-Louis David painting Oath of the Horatii	1
Le Serment des Horaces	1

Statements (50)

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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Subject: The Oath of the Horatii
Description of subject: 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.

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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

Denon Wing → housesArtwork → The Oath of the Horatii ⓘ

Horatii brothers → depictedIn → The Oath of the Horatii ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jacques-Louis David painting Oath of the Horatii