In an early sketch of this painting, an old man on the right stands on a platform with his right arm outstretched, as a dead woman lies on the steps beneath him next to a mourning woman.  
In an early sketch of this painting, an old man on the right stands on a platform with his right arm outstretched, as a dead woman lies on the steps beneath him next to a mourning woman.  In the final version of the painting, which was commissioned by Count d'Angiviller, the right side features a woman in white with a blue cloth around her hair looking downward, as she rests her head on the shoulder of a woman in blue and yellow robes.  To the left of them is a woman in dark blue holding tightly two children, while the three arches in the background help divide the three groups in the foreground.  The old man in the middle wears a red cape and holds up three swords, while the three figures on the left raise their arms towards him in salute.  FTP, name this 1784 painting by David.
In an early sketch of this painting, an old man on the right stands on a platform with his right arm outstretched, as a dead woman lies on the steps beneath him next to a mourning woman.  
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