COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9 mediaCollectionId ARCHIVISIONBASETO9~1~1 Archivision Base to Module 9 Collection true
Record
Preferred Title:
Intervention of the Sabine Women Work_PrefTitle Intervention of the Sabine Women Preferred Title false
Image View:
Detail, Romulus, the king of Rome Image_Title Detail, Romulus, the king of Rome Image View false
Creator:
Jacques-Louis David (French painter, 1748-1825) Agent_Display Jacques-Louis David (French painter, 1748-1825) Creator false
Location:
repository: Musée du Louvre (Paris, Île-de-France, France) INV. 3691 Work_Location_Type_Display repository: Musée du Louvre (Paris, Île-de-France, France) INV. 3691 Location false
Location Note:
Purchased 1819 Work_LocationNotes Purchased 1819 Location Note false
GPS:
+48.861045+2.335787
Date:
1799 (creation) Work_DateDisplay 1799 (creation) Date false
Cultural Context:
French Work_Culture French Cultural Context false
Style Period:
Eighteenth century; Neoclassical Work_StylePeriodDisplay Eighteenth century; Neoclassical Style Period false
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work) Work_Worktype1 painting (visual work) Work Type 1 false
Classification:
painting Work_Classification painting Classification false
Material:
oil paint on canvas Work_MaterialDisplay oil paint on canvas Material false
Technique:
oil painting (technique) Work_Technique oil painting (technique) Technique false
Measurements:
3.85 m (height) x 5.22 m (width)
Description:
David's painting depicts a legendary episode from Rome's beginnings in the 8th century BCE. After the Sabine women had been abducted by the neighboring Romans, the Sabines attempted to get them back. David shows the Sabine women intervening to stop the battle raging beneath the ramparts of the Capitol in Rome. The painting is a masterful summary of the whole episode. Hersilia is leaping between her father Tatius, the king of the Sabines, on the left, and her husband Romulus, the king of Rome, on the right. David is using the subject to advocate the reconciliation of the French people after the Revolution. While he was preparing this painting, whose subject is Roman, David proclaimed, ""I want to paint pure Greekness."" He wanted to mark his transition from the severe, Roman style of The Oath of the Horatii (Louvre) with a new pictorial manifesto. (Source: Louvre Museum [website]; http://www.louvre.fr/)
Image Description:
In his painting, he depicted his warriors fighting naked, as in Greek sculpture, and opted for a frieze-like composition of minimal spatial depth. Image_Description In his painting, he depicted his warriors fighting naked, as in Greek sculpture, and opted for a frieze-like composition of minimal spatial depth. Image Description false
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Eight LocalCollection Archivision Addition Module Eight Collection false
Identifier:
7A1-DJL-L-A04 Image_OriginalVendorID 7A1-DJL-L-A04 Identifier false
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

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