Thirius de Pautrizel

June or July 1795 · Drawing

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National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

Checked: 2 days ago
In this state since: Aug 19, 2026
Source: The museum

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Particulars

Accession number: 1990.47.2

What it shows

Male Politician Officer Thirius de Pautrizel,Jean-Baptiste-Louis

In the catalog

Drawings & watercolors Pen and ink Neoclassicism 18th century French Neoclassic

Sources

National Gallery of Art
Image: National Gallery of Art — Museum open access

Meanwhile, in the life of Jacques-Louis David

The whole life

after January 1793
Divorce from his royalist wife
His wife, the royalist Charlotte Pécoul, divorced him after his vote for the king’s execution.
16 – 19 January 1793
Votes for the death of Louis XVI
During the trial of Louis XVI he voted in the Convention for the king’s death; for this part in the execution he was later banished from France.
13 – 16 July 1793
Marat is murdered; David stages his funeral
On 13 July 1793 Charlotte Corday stabbed David’s friend Marat; David organised a spectacular funeral, with the body sprinkled with water and vinegar as crowds came to see it, and the ceremony brought forward to the evening of 16 July because of the stench. Marat was buried in the Panthéon.
1793–1794
The executions of friends and patrons
He did nothing to prevent the executions of former friends and patrons — the Trudaine brothers, Lavoisier, the Duchesse de Noailles, André Chénier; Carle Vernet held him responsible for the execution of his sister, Marguerite Émilie Vernet.
1794
The fall of Robespierre and the hemlock vow
As Robespierre was being arrested, David shouted that he would drink hemlock with him; he supposedly fell ill and stayed away from the evening session with “stomach pain,” which saved him from the guillotine.
2 August 1794 – 3 August 1795
Arrested after Robespierre’s fall
He was imprisoned twice, from 2 August to 28 December 1794 and from 29 May to 3 August 1795, spending most of the time in the not uncomfortable Palais du Luxembourg in Paris.