Gain insight into the auction performance of David Jacques-Louis . Track the change in total sales value, performance of lots against estimate and compare the artist's sale price according to the ...

Jacques Louis David, “The Oath of the Horatii” (1784-85), oil over pen and black ink, squared in black chalk, on paper laid down on canvas, 10 3/8 x 14 3/4 inches.

Jacques Louis David’s sketch for ‘Oath of the Horatii’ (1784-85) Photo: RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY ...

“The Oath of the Horatii,” done on royal commission and completed in 1785, made David the unrivaled leader of the French school. Four drawings demonstrate how he worked out this new composition.

In 1791, the French painter Jacques Louis David made a large, meticulously detailed drawing for a painting he never produced, called “The Oath of the Tennis Court.” It depicts a key moment ...

For nearly three decades, from the twilight years of King Louis XVI to the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo, the French painter Jacques-Louis David was the great image-maker of his time, turning the ...

In 1784, David debuted Oath of Horatii, which depicted a Roman legend with vibrant colors of crimson and blue. This palette was panned by critics, who called it "garish." ...

Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) was France's greatest artist of his generation—a generation trampled by the French Revolution and then by Napoleon.

A few years later, returning to Rome with his wife, David painted Oath of the Horatii in 1784. With strong political overtones, the depiction of an oath between a father and three sons implies ...