Neoclassicism

David and the Revolution

From the royal commission to the consulate, 1782–1806

In these works the classical style moves from large public history pictures into portraits and more private images.

• Greek and Roman stories on large canvases
• Self-portraits by three painters
• Two works left unfinished
• Two women painters of the 1780s
• A marble that reworks the antique, and a moonlit nude

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