The artist claimed that he reworked the foot of one of this painting's title characters 20 times.
The artist claimed that he reworked the foot of one of this painting's title characters 20 times. He also later added the baby with its back turned to the viewer in the rear, though the dejected child holding the baby was part of the original painting. The scene was drawn from the recent staging of a Corneille tragedy and features a couple of swooning women at the far right. The focal point though is the set of three swords held by the man in the center, to which the title characters make a pledge. FTP, name this Jacques Louis David depiction of three brothers from Roman history.
The artist claimed that he reworked the foot of one of this painting's title characters 20 times.
The {Oath of the Horatii}