Jacques-Louis DavidFrancia, 1748–1825La intervención de las sabinas
Les Sabines
Sobre el cuadro
El rapto de las sabinas es un óleo sobre lienzo neoclásico terminado en 1799 por Jacques-Louis David. El título en español es equívoco y el título original es Las Sabinas, o La intervención de las Sabinas, ya que el cuadro no representa el rapto en sí, sino el momento en que, mucho tiempo después del rapto en sí, romanos y sabinos se enzarzaron en guerra y las sabinas, a la sazón hijas y hermanas de sabinos, pero esposas y madres de romanos, intervinieron para detener la guerra.
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- Número de inventario
- INV 3691
Mientras tanto, en la vida de Jacques-Louis David
La vida entera5 de mayo de 1789 – 9 de noviembre de 1799
Took part in: French Revolution
1797
Meets Bonaparte and sketches his portrait
Struck by Bonaparte’s classical features, he secured a sitting from the busy, impatient general and sketched his face; the full composition of Napoleon holding the peace treaty with Austria remained unfinished.
1798
Declines to accompany Bonaparte to Egypt
Bonaparte asked David to accompany him to Egypt; David refused, seemingly unwilling to give up the comfort, safety and peace of mind he had won over the years, and Dominique Vivant Denon went instead.
1800
“The Sabine Women” shown with a mirror and a pamphlet
The painting was shown at the Palais du Luxembourg and then at the Salon in the Louvre; David had a large mirror hung before it so that visitors saw themselves against the battle, and each visitor was handed a pamphlet explaining his intention. The showing became a political event.
7 February 1800
Declines the post of “painter of the government”
Bonaparte named David “painter of the government” by special decree, but the artist, defending his independence, declined the post.
