ID: 700002059 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002059	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of His Sons (drawing (visual work); Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748 - 1825) (French Artist); 1787; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.GA.8)

Note: The subject is the presentation of the bodies of his sons to Brutus, who had ordered the deaths of his own sons for treason. David made this study in preparation for the well-known painting completed in 1789, the year of the French Revolution. Although it created a republican political sensation at the Salon, he had almost certainly not intended that reaction. He had chosen the subject from Roman history to satisfy a commission from King Louis XVI.

Titles:

The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of His Sons (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

The Lictors Carrying the Bodies of the Sons of Brutus (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

drawing (visual work) [300033973] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

preparatory study [300081078]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by function>, studies (visual works))

Classifications:

drawings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1787

Creator Display:

Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748 - 1825) (French Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

David, Jacques-Louis (French painter, 1748-1825) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500115221]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 84.GA.8

Other: Former: Schweiz [7011731] Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Pen and black ink and gray wash

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	wash technique [300182748]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <painting and painting techniques>, painting techniques, <painting techniques by application method or circumstances>)

Dimensions: 32.7 x 42.1 cm (12 7/8 x 16 9/16 in.)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Neoclassical [300021477] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>)

General Subject:

history and legend (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Brutus, Lucius Junius (Roman statesman, 6th century BCE) [500337808]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	sentencing [300137854]
	.....(Activities Facet, Functions (hierarchy name), functions (activities), <functions by specific context>, legal functions, judicial functions) (AAT)

	lictors [300379965]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in military occupations>, military officers) (AAT)

	deaths [300151836]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), personal life events) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of His Sons	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
The Lictors Carrying the Bodies of the Sons of Brutus	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)