Jacques-Louis David
1748–1825 · Rococo & Neoclassicism
Biography
Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825) was the leading painter of French Neoclassicism. A committed revolutionary and later Napoleon’s official painter, he ended his life in exile in Brussels.
From the artist’s life
Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825) was the leading painter of French Neoclassicism. A committed revolutionary and later Napoleon's official painter, he ended his life in exile in Brussels.
From the page of The Death of Socrates
