Brutus condemning his sons to death - Guillaume Lethière
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Date :
1788
Type of image :
Peinture sur toile
Dimensions (HxL cm) :
59.4×99.1 cm
Storage Location :
2018.1.1
Description
Lethière painted this work just before the Revolution, while a student at the Académie de France in Rome. It was not exhibited at the Salon until much later, in 1801. The bloody, brutal depiction of the severed head on the left caused a scandal, while the memory of the revolutionary guillotine was still burning.
History :
2. Acquired by Clark in 2018.
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Technical Data
Notice #025473