# Jacques-Louis David

French, 1748–1825; born in Paris; died in Brussels

David was the leading painter of French Neoclassicism. After winning the Prix de Rome he studied antiquity in Italy, and in the 1780s produced severe, moralising history paintings such as The Oath of the Horatii and The Death of Socrates. During the Revolution he was a deputy who voted for the king’s execution and painted The Death of Marat; he later became first painter to Napoleon. After the Bourbon restoration he lived in exile in Brussels, where he died.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

4 works in the collection.

- [Cupid and Psyche](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/cupid-and-psyche-cma-138464), Jacques-Louis David, 1817. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [The Death of Socrates](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-death-of-socrates-met-436105), Jacques-Louis David, 1787. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794) and Marie Anne Lavoisier (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze, 1758–1836)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/antoine-laurent-lavoisier-1743-1794-and-marie-anne-lavoisier-met-436106), Jacques-Louis David, 1788. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of his Sons](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-lictors-bringing-brutus-the-bodies-of-his-sons-met-371418), Jacques-Louis David, 1787. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.