Ewa Lajer-Burcharth argues a woman in red staring directly at the viewer in this painting represents the "Reign of Terror" which cannot be forgotten in her book about the artist titled Necklines. A horseman sheathing his blade on the right is based on a figure from Flaxman's Fight for the Body of Patroclus. It was first displayed in the old architecture firm of the Louvre across from a mirror so viewers could see themselves as participants. The men are depicted naked while the women are clothed in this work that was inspired when the artist's estranged wife visited him while he was imprisoned in the Luxemburg Palace. The Tarpeian Rock is visible in the upper left hand corner of this painting, whose central scene shows Titus Tatius holding his shield up on the left 
Ewa Lajer-Burcharth argues a woman in red staring directly at the viewer in this painting represents the "Reign of Terror" which cannot be forgotten in her book about the artist titled Necklines. A horseman sheathing his blade on the right is based on a figure from Flaxman's Fight for the Body of Patroclus. It was first displayed in the old architecture firm of the Louvre across from a mirror so viewers could see themselves as participants. The men are depicted naked while the women are clothed in this work that was inspired when the artist's estranged wife visited him while he was imprisoned in the Luxemburg Palace. The Tarpeian Rock is visible in the upper left hand corner of this painting, whose central scene shows Titus Tatius holding his shield up on the left while Hersilia holds back her husband Romulus from throwing his spear at him. Imagined as a successor to Poussin's depiction of a rape, for 10 points, name this painting showing the titular ladies separating two warring classical tribes, a work by Jacques-Louis David.
Ewa Lajer-Burcharth argues a woman in red staring directly at the viewer in this painting represents the "Reign of Terror" which cannot be forgotten in her book about the artist titled Necklines.
The Intervention of the Sabine Women [do not accept "The Rape of the Sabine Women"]