Gods and Heroes: Masterpieces from the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris

American Federation of Arts

Gods and Heroes: Masterpieces from the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris

American Federation of Arts

Jacques-Louis David, ‘Erasistratus Discovers the Cause of Antiochus's Disease ’, 1774, American Federation of Arts

Jacques-Louis David, ‘Erasistratus Discovers the Cause of Antiochus's Disease ’, 1774, American Federation of Arts

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Erasistratus Discovers the Cause of Antiochus's Disease , 1774

Oil on canvas

47 1/4 × 61 in

120 × 154.9 cm

American Federation of Arts

Toledo, Atlanta, Jackson, Princeton, Phoenix, Oakland, Katonah, Palm Beach, Denver, Long Beach, Madison, Montclair

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American Federation of Arts

Toledo, Atlanta, +10 more

Courtesy of American Federation of Arts

Courtesy of American Federation of Arts

Jacques-Louis David

French, 1748–1825

The art of Jacques-Louis David is a prime example of Neoclassicism, a style of history painting …

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The art of Jacques-Louis David is a prime example of Neoclassicism, a style of history painting that flourished in France during the late 18th- and early 19th-centuries. Reacting against the highly ornamented and florid art of the Rococo, David drew upon subjects from ancient European history and Classical …

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Jacques-Louis David, ‘Erasistratus Discovers the Cause of Antiochus's Disease ’, 1774, American Federation of Arts

Jacques-Louis David, ‘Erasistratus Discovers the Cause of Antiochus's Disease ’, 1774, American Federation of Arts

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Jacques-Louis David

French, 1748–1825

The art of Jacques-Louis David is a prime example of Neoclassicism, a style of history painting …

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The art of Jacques-Louis David is a prime example of Neoclassicism, a style of history painting that flourished in France during the late 18th- and early 19th-centuries. Reacting against the highly ornamented and florid art of the Rococo, David drew upon subjects from ancient European history and Classical …

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Erasistratus Discovers the Cause of Antiochus's Disease , 1774

Oil on canvas

47 1/4 × 61 in

120 × 154.9 cm

American Federation of Arts

Toledo, Atlanta, Jackson, Princeton, Phoenix, Oakland, Katonah, Palm Beach, Denver, Long Beach, Madison, Montclair

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