1700 – 1800
Age of Enlightenment

David's 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" or 3.23 x 4.22m (Musée du Louvre, Paris)

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The Lictors Returning to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons
Paris, France
1789

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