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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PepperAnna, post: 4450327, member: 17332&quot;]Hi [USER=649]@bluumz[/USER]!</p><p><br /></p><p>I came across the subject of this cameo while looking for something else and thought you might be interested since you posted this cameo almost a year ago.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]382938[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This painting, Leonidas at Thermopylae, was completed by Jacques Louis David in 1814 and currently hangs at the Louvre. It is huge - 13 x 17.5 feet! It is considered one of his masterpieces. Leonidas, King of the Spartan troops, is shown calmly seated in the midst of his men who are preparing to battle the Persians at the pass of Thermopylae. He and his 300 men fought the Persians at the Thermopylae pass, knowing that they would lose the battle and be slaughtered, but hoping that their sacrifice would delay the Persian invasion long enough to give the Greeks a chance at ultimate victory. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is a visually complex painting. If you want to find know what the different aspects of the painting mean (the ewer, the blocks, the climbing soldier, etc.), there is an excellent article in Daily Art Magazine (link below) that explains it beautifully.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/leonidas-at-thermopylae-jacques-louis-david/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/leonidas-at-thermopylae-jacques-louis-david/" rel="nofollow">https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/leonidas-at-thermopylae-jacques-louis-david/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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