ID: 700009046 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009046	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Le Serment des Horaces (oil painting (visual work); Jacques-Louis David (French painter and draftsman, 1748-1825...; 1784; Louvre Museum (Paris, Île-de-France, France); INV. 3692;)

Note: A monumental Neoclassical work by David, the painting depicts the three Horatii swearing to defeat their enemies, and accepting weapons from their father as women grieve nearby.

Titles:

Le Serment des Horaces (preferred,C,U,French-P,,)

Oath of the Horatii (C,U,English,,)

The Oath of the Horatii (C,U,English-P,,)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

oil painting (visual work) [300033799] (preferred)

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

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1784

Creator Display:

Jacques-Louis David (French painter and draftsman, 1748-1825) [preferred]

painter David, Jacques-Louis (French painter, 1748-1825) [500115221]

Locations:

Current: Louvre Museum (Paris, Île-de-France, France) [500125189] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: INV. 3692

Display Materials: oil on canvas

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	canvas (textile material) [300014078]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

Dimensions: H. 3.30 m; W. 4.25 m

Cultures:

French (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Neoclassical [300021477] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(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:

	Horatii [901000136]
	.....((Roman characters, Roman iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	oath [300027206]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by function>, testimonies) (AAT)

	weapons [300036926]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Provenance: Collection of Louis XVI

Inscriptions: Signed and dated bottom left: L. David/faciebat/Romae/anno MDCCLXXXIV

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Le Serment des Horaces	........ [VP]
	........ Louvre Museum (2016-) accessed 14 July 2015
Oath of the Horatii	........ [VP]
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-) "David, Jacques-Louis"; accessed 14 July 2016
The Oath of the Horatii	........ [VP]
	........ Louvre Museum (2016-) accessed 14 July 2015

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Grove Art Online (2008-) accessed 14 July 2016

....................... Louvre Museum (2016-) accessed 14 July 2016

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Louvre Museum (2016-) accessed 14 July 2016