As it turns out, she is right to weep as her betrothed, Quintus Curatius, dies along with two of her three brothers, who are holding their swords up rigidly.
The weeping woman being held by her mother in the left foreground cries since her betrothed and her brothers are about to fight for the honor of their respective cities. As it turns out, she is right to weep as her betrothed, Quintus Curatius, dies along with two of her three brothers, who are holding their swords up rigidly. The striking use of color and the  dramatic tension present in the stances of the four characters in the center make, FTP, which painting of Jacques-Louis  David, a masterpiece?
The weeping woman being held by her mother in the left foreground cries since her betrothed and her brothers are about to fight for the honor of their respective cities.
Oath of the Horatii