This painting was inspired by a Pierre Corneille tragedy,  although the scene that it depicts did not appear in the actual  play.
This painting was inspired by a Pierre Corneille tragedy,  although the scene that it depicts did not appear in the actual  play. The title characters, two of whom will not return home  alive, stand at far left, their right arms extended towards their  father, who holds three swords in the air. FTP, name this painting  about three brothers about to fight a duel with the Curiatii, an  early masterpiece of Jacques-Louis David.
This painting was inspired by a Pierre Corneille tragedy,  although the scene that it depicts did not appear in the actual  play.
{The Oath of the Horatii}