Jacques-Louis David

Jacques-Louis David studied at Académie de Saint-Luc, Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture and University of Paris. training under Joseph-Marie Vien is recorded. François-Édouard Picot, Georges Devillers and Henri-François Riesener are recorded as having studied under Jacques-Louis David. the recorded working language is French.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are history, portrait, allegory and landscape. The authority associates the name with Neoclassicism.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Brussels, Paris and Rome. Positions recorded include deputy to the National Convention and President of the National Convention. Membership is recorded of Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and Académie des beaux-arts.

Works named in the authority record are The Oath of the Horatii, Napoleon Crossing the Alps, Portrait of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and his wife, The Coronation of Napoleon and The Death of Marat.

Work by Jacques-Louis David is recorded in the collections of Belvedere, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, J. Paul Getty Museum and National Gallery of Victoria.

Distinctions recorded are Commander of the Legion of Honour and Prix de Rome.