Leonidas at Thermopylae

E12000

Neoclassical painting history painting painting

Leonidas at Thermopylae is a large Neoclassical history painting by Jacques-Louis David depicting the Spartan king Leonidas preparing to defend the pass at Thermopylae against the Persian army.

Aliases (1)

Léonidas aux Thermopyles ×1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Neoclassical painting → history painting → painting →
appliesToPart	canvas →
artForm	oil on canvas →
collection	Musée du Louvre →
commissionedBy	none →
copyrightStatus	public domain →
countryOfOrigin	France →
creator	French painter Jacques-Louis David → Jacques-Louis David →
depicts	Battle of Thermopylae → Leonidas I → Persian Wars → Spartan king preparing for battle → Spartan warriors → ancient Greece → heroic self-sacrifice → military strategy →
depictsEvent	defense of the pass at Thermopylae →
depictsTime	480 BC →
describedAtURL	https://www.louvre.fr/en/explore/the-palace/leonidas-at-thermopylae →
exhibitionHistory	Salon of 1814 →
genre	Neoclassicism →
hasPart	Greek hoplite armor → Spartan shields → inscriptions → rocky landscape → spears →
inception	1814 →
influencedBy	classical antiquity →
inspiredBy	Herodotus →
languageOfWork	none →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Paris →
location	Louvre Museum →
mainSubject	Leonidas I → Thermopylae →
materialUsed	oil paint →
movement	Neoclassicism →
originalTitle	Léonidas aux Thermopyles →
partOf	French national collections →
significantFigure	Leonidas I →
title	Leonidas at Thermopylae →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Jacques-Louis David →	notableWork
Leonidas at Thermopylae ("Léonidas aux Thermopyles") →	originalTitle
Leonidas at Thermopylae →	title