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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PepperAnna, post: 4398092, member: 17332&quot;]<b>The Oath of the Horatii by Jacques-Louis David</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Commissioned by Louis XVI, painted in Rome, exhibited at the salon of 1785 (now at the Louvre Museum).&nbsp; There is a very interesting article about how influential this particular painting was, in case you are interested.</p><p><a href="https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/later-europe-and-americas/enlightenment-revolution/a/david-oath-of-the-horatii" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/later-europe-and-americas/enlightenment-revolution/a/david-oath-of-the-horatii" rel="nofollow">https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/later-europe-and-americas/enlightenment-revolution/a/david-oath-of-the-horatii</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This isn&#039;t a motif I have seen before, but the cameo below was up for auction yesterday (it didn&#039;t sell).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]371465[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]371466[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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