Jacques Louis David Self Portrait

30 august 1748 29 december 1825 was a french painter in the neoclassical style considered to be the preeminent painter of the era.

Jacques louis david self portrait. Self portrait 1791 by jacques louis david. 30 august 1748 29 december 1825 was a french painter in the neoclassical style considered to be the preeminent painter of the era. In the 1780s his cerebral brand of history painting marked a change in taste away from rococo frivolity toward classical austerity and severity and heightened feeling harmonizing. Medical analysis of his face.

Jacques louis david s facial abnormalities were traditionally reported to be a consequence of a deep facial sword wound after a fencing incident. In the 1780s his cerebral brand of history painting marked a change in taste away from rococo frivolity toward classical austerity and severity and heightened feeling harmonizing with the moral climate of the. Self portrait david 1794 via arthive born in 1748 jacques louis david began his life in the upper echelons of parisian society but his life would be transformed by a dramatic series of events. Jacques louis david the founder of revolutionary classicism had a tremendous impact on the development of french art.

At the age of nine his father was killed in a duel and he was abandoned by his mother who left him to live with his uncles. Jacques louis david august 30 1748 december 29 1825 jacques louis david august 30 1748 december 29 1825 was a highly influential french painter in the neoclassical style considered to be the prominent painter of the era. 80 off a hand made oil painting reproduction of self portrait 1791 one of the most famous paintings by jacques louis david. The self portrait is a self portrait painted by the artist jacques louis david in 1794 whilst in prison at the hôtel des fermes for having supported the robespierristes it was his third and last self portrait the second was the 1791 aux trois collets uffizi florence he gave it to his former student jean baptiste isabey and it then entered the collections of the louvre in 1852 inv.

It measures 81cm by 64cm and was the subject of a stamp from a 1950 series celebrating the revolution. The size of the portrait is 64 x 53 cm canvas oil. The self portrait is a self portrait painted by the artist jacques louis david in 1794 whilst in prison at the hôtel des fermes for having supported the robespierristes. The painting hangs in the louvre painted in oil on canvas.

Jacques louis david ʒɑːkˈlwi ˈdɑːviːd. However his adherence to honesty in his work also extended to his self portrait and while he might have diminished it as best he could he included the injury in all the self portraits. Free certificate of authenticity free shipping.