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Title	Lictors Returning to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons.
Creator	David, Jacques-Louis (French painter and draftsman, 1748-1825)
Date	1789
Cultural Context	French European Western European Roman Ancient Roman Italian
Style/Period	Neoclassical
Theme	Paintings (visual works) Oil paintings (visual works) History paintings Narrative (artistic device) Narratives (document genres) Storytelling Scenes (depictions) Figures (representations) Figurative art Men (male humans) Leaders (people) Rulers (people) Founders (originators) Consuls Public officers Officers (administrators) Administrators Upper class Aristocrats Fathers Husbands Spouses Parents Women Mothers Wives Daughters Girls Adolescents Youth Sons Siblings Brothers Sisters Mourners Lictors Security guards Adults Deaths Mourning Grief Suffering Fear Pain (sensation) Emotion Gesture Sitting Standing Front views Profiles (figures) Three-quarter views Oblique views Back views Costume (mode of fashion) Drapery (representations) Sashes (costume accessories) Mantles (outerwear) Cloaks Capes (outerwear) Sandals Footwear Open-toed shoes Shoes (footwear) Hairstyles Fasces Rods (object genre) Stretchers (conveyances) Litters Curtains Furniture Furnishings (artifacts) Seating furniture Chairs (furniture forms) Klismoi Sabre legs Legs (furniture components) Backs (furniture components) Seats (furniture components) Pillows Cushions Stools (seating furniture) Footrests Footstools (stools) Tables (support furniture) Tablecloths Fringe Baskets (containers) Containers (receptacles) Sewing baskets Needles (piercing tools) Sculpture (visual work) Statues Goddesses Myths (literary documents) Mythology (literary genre) Legends (folk tales) Folk tales Folklore Animals Wild animals Wildlife Wolves Children (people by age group) Infants Boys Twins Kings (people) Feeding Pedestals Bases (object components) Inscriptions Architecture (object genre) Buildings Interior views Rooms Architectural elements Interior walls Walls Columns (architectural elements) Shafts (column components) Capitals (column components) Entablatures Doorways Floors (surface elements) Shadows Light (energy) Lighting
Subject	Paintings Oil paintings Men Rulers Consuls Government officials People associated with politics & government Upper class Fathers Women Mothers Spouses Families Girls Teenagers Youth Bodyguards Guards People associated with health & safety Dead persons Death Grief Pain Despair Fear Gestures Sitting Standing Lifting & carrying Backs (Anatomy) Clothing & dress Capes (Clothing) Sandals Footwear Shoes Hairstyles Beards Fasces Litters Chairs Seating furniture Pillows Stools Tables Tablecloths Furniture Furnishings Baskets Containers Sewing equipment & supplies Yarn Pins & needles Domestic life Sculpture Goddesses Myths Legends Fictitious characters Supernatural beings Wolves Animals Children Infants Boys Twins Kings Breasts Breast feeding Feeding Pedestals Inscriptions Architecture Buildings Interiors Rooms & spaces Architectural elements Structural elements Walls Columns Capitals (Columns) Entablatures Doors & doorways Floors Shadows Light Lighting
People Pictured	Brutus, Lucius Junius Roma (Roman deity)
Material	Oil on canvas Oil paint (pigmented coating) Paint Canvas
Measurements	10' 7 1/8 x 13' 10 1/8 in (322.9 x 422 cm)
Technique	Painting (image-making) Oil painting (technique)
Work Type	Paintings Oil paintings Portrait paintings Portraits History paintings
Repository	Musee du Louvre (Paris, France)
Source	Eisenman, Stephen F. Nineteenth Century Art: A Critical History. 3rd ed. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2007. (fig. 1.10, p.29)
Rights	Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Eisenman courtesy: Musee du Louvre, Paris. Photo © R.M.N.
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format	image/jpeg
Digital File Name	VRC 1153-12.jpg
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