Study for The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of his Sons, 1787. Creator: Jacques-Louis David.

Study for The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of his Sons, 1787. Creator: Jacques-Louis David.

2-783-986 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Study for The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of his Sons, 1787. Painted on the eve of the French Revolution and exhibited shortly after the fall of the Bastille in 1789. An episode from the life of Lucius Junius Brutus


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People Information

Creator
  1. Jacques-Louis David, attributed to: French: Artist, painter, draughtsman
Subject
  1. Lucius Junius Brutus: Roman: Politician, consul

Medium
  1. Black chalk, pen and black and brown ink, brush and gray and brown wash, heightened with white gouache
  2. Chalk

Picture Type
  1. Portrait

Category Hierarchy

History & Politics Politics Political Events

Artistic Representations Portraits


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4960x3867
File Size : 56,193kb


Aliases

  1. 2006.264
  1. DP213752.jpg
  1. 0950008317
  1. 2-783-986
  1. 2006.264
  1. 2783986

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