A similarly titled work by Henry Fuseli shows an event that resulted in the founding of Switzerland.
William Sydney Mount's School Boys Quarrelling was supposedly based on this painting. A similarly titled work by Henry Fuseli shows an event that resulted in the founding of Switzerland. On the far right of this painting, a figure in a white dress and a blue headscarf leans on the shoulder of a woman in a blue and golden dress, while a woman in all blue consoles a pair of young children in the right background. The central figures in this work all wear silver helmets, and the one closest to the viewer holds a spear behind his back. The central figure in this painting wears a red cloak and peers upward, raising an open palm while the other holds three swords. For 10 points, identify this painting which depicts three brothers pledging to battle the Curiatii in a ritual duel, by Jacques-Louis David.
William Sydney Mount's School Boys Quarrelling was supposedly based on this painting.
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