The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished)

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history painting oil painting

The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished) is an ambitious, never-completed history painting by Jacques-Louis David depicting a pivotal moment of unity and defiance during the early French Revolution.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Tennis Court Oath	0	7
Tennis Court Oath of 20 June 1789	0	1
painting "Le Serment du Jeu de Paume" by Jacques-Louis David (unfinished original project)	0	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	history painting → oil painting →
artisticStyle	classical figure drawing → dramatic lighting → monumental composition →
commissionedBy	Jacobin Club → Society of Friends of the Constitution →
commissionedIn	1790 →
countryOfOrigin	France →
creator	Jacques-Louis David →
currentCity	Paris →
currentLocation	Musée Carnavalet →
depicts	French Revolution → National Assembly of France → The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished) self-linksurface differs → surface form: Tennis Court Oath
depictsEventDate	20 June 1789 →
depictsFigure	Antoine Barnave → Armand-Gaston Camus → Dominique Joseph Garat → Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès → Guillaume-Joseph Chabroud → Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau → Isaac Le Chapelier → Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne → Jean-Sylvain Bailly → Martin-Dauch → Maximilien Robespierre → members of the Third Estate → monks of the clergy → some liberal nobles →
depictsSymbol	raised hands in oath → storm and wind entering through windows → tricolour cockade → unity of the three estates →
genre	Neoclassicism →
hasPart	architectural background of the tennis court → figures at windows and galleries → group of clergy and nobles joining the oath → large central crowd scene →
inception	1790 →
inspiredBy	The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished) self-linksurface differs → surface form: Tennis Court Oath of 20 June 1789
languageOfInscription	French →
locationDepicted	Salle du Jeu de Paume, Versailles →
medium	oil on canvas →
movement	Neoclassicism → surface form: Neoclassical art
significance	iconic representation of early French Revolutionary ideals → major work in Jacques-Louis David’s revolutionary period →
status	unfinished →
subject	political unity and defiance against royal authority →

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