David, The Lictors Returning to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons


Jacques-Louis David, The Lictors Returning to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons, 1789, oil on canvas, 10′ 7-1/8″ x 13′ 10-1/8″ / 3.23 x 4.22m (Musée du Louvre, Paris)


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Cite this page as: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker, "David, The Lictors Returning to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons," in Smarthistory, November 20, 2015, accessed March 19, 2024, https://smarthistory.org/jacques-louis-david-the-lictors-returning-to-brutus-the-bodies-of-his-sons/.