Intervention of the Sabine Women, (Musée du Louvre, Paris, France, INV. 3691) : Detail, original label and frame
- Creator:
- David, Jacques-Louis, 1748-1825
- Published/Created:
- Purchased 1819, Musée du Louvre, Paris, Île-de-France, France INV. 3691
1808 - Physical Description:
- 3.85 m (height) x 5.22 m (width)
- Materials:
- oil paint on canvas
- Notes:
- 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.
- Topics:
- Painting -- France -- 19th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Eighteenth century
Neoclassical - Culture:
- French
- Accession Number:
- 7A1-DJL-L-A13
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
paintings (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Paintings & Drawings
Sculptures, Models, & Architecture - Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- visual works; paintings (visual works)
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Addition Module Eight
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc. - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2013; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Original Repository:
- Paris, France: Musée du Louvre
- Local Record Number:
- 4654
- OID:
- 10903954
- PID:
- digcoll:1844307