The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished)

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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.

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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
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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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Jacques-Louis David notableWork The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished)
French Revolution keyEvent The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished)
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The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished) inspiredBy The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tennis Court Oath of 20 June 1789
Estates-General of 1789 ledTo The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished)
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Estates-General of 1789 relatedEvent The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished)
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Martin-Dauch opposedTo The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished)
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Salle du Jeu de Paume, Versailles significantEvent The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished)
this entity surface form: Tennis Court Oath
Salle du Jeu de Paume, Versailles hasArtwork The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished)
this entity surface form: painting "Le Serment du Jeu de Paume" by Jacques-Louis David (unfinished original project)
Antoine Barnave participatedIn The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished)
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royal edict of Louis XVI relatedEvent The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished)
subject surface form: Royal Edict of Louis XVI (1789)
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Third Estate associatedEvent The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished)
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John Ashbery notableWork The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished)
this entity surface form: The Tennis Court Oath
National Assembly significantEvent The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished)
subject surface form: National Assembly (French Revolution)
this entity surface form: Tennis Court Oath