The Death of Bara.
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Title |
The Death of Bara. |
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Creator |
David, Jacques-Louis (French painter and draftsman, 1748-1825) |
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Date |
1794 |
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Cultural Context |
French
European
Western European |
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Style/Period |
Neoclassical |
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Subject |
Death
Revolutions
Children
Boys
Teenagers
Revolutionaries
Spies
Nudes |
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Description |
“The following year, the heroes of the day were children. David was asked to paint Joseph Bara, the drummer who chose to die rather than shout ‘Vive le roi!’, and the young Provençal Agricol Viala. Of these two projects, one unfinished canvas survives. It is know as The Death of Bara, though there are some indications that the subject is actually Viala, who was shot dead while cutting a cable used by the royalist troops to cross the river Durance. The royalists can just be made out on the left, while the cable snakes across the ground beside his body. He still holds the tricolour [tricolor] cockade and the message entrusting him with the mission. He is shown naked; child spies stripped to slip behind the enemy lines.” (p.112) |
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People Pictured |
Bara, Joseph, 1779-1793 |
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Location Depicted |
France |
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Material |
Oil on canvas
Oil paint (pigmented coating)
Paint
Canvas |
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Measurements |
119 x 156 cm (46 7/8 x 61 3/8 in) |
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Technique |
Painting (image-making)
Oil painting (technique) |
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Work Type |
Paintings
Oil paintings |
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Repository |
Musee Calvet (Avignon, France) |
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Source |
Monneret, Sophie. David and Neo-Classicism. Paris: Terrail, 1999. (p.112) |
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Rights |
Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Monneret courtesy: Musee Calvet, Avignon. |
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Digital Publisher |
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center |
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Format |
image/jpeg |
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Digital File Name |
VRC 523-06.jpg |
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Rating |
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