Roman Warrior

1824

Jacques Louis David French, 1748-1825

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About the Artwork

Title Roman Warrior

Artwork Date 1824

Artist Jacques Louis David

Life Dates 1748-1825

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. French

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Oil on canvas

Dimensions Unframed: 36 1/2 × 29 inches (92.7 × 73.7 cm) Framed: 40 3/4 × 32 7/8 × 2 7/8 inches (103.5 × 83.5 × 7.3 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department European Painting

Credit Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 27.244

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Signed Signed, lower right: David pinx 1824

Provenance

1927, (Ehrich Galleries, New York, New York, USA);
1927-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA) with gift of funds from Mr. & Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb

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Published References

"Annual Report of the Arts Commission for the Year 1927," Bulletin of the DIA 9, no. 5 (February 1928): pp. 52, 60.

Cantinelli, R. Jacques Louis David, 1748-1825. Paris, 1930, no. 98.

Heil, W. Catalogue of Paintings in the Permanent Collection of The Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1930, cat. 51.

David and Ingres, Paintings and Drawings. Exh. cat., Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Memorial Art Gallery, Knoedler & Co. Springfield, November 1939-March 1940, cat. 3.

Richardson, E. P., ed. Catalogue of Paintings. 1944, p. 36, no. 51 [as Jacques Louis David].

The Spirit of Modern France, an Essay on Painting in Society, 1745-1940. Exh. cat., Toledo Museum of Art, Art Gallery of Toronto. Toledo, November 1946-February 1947, cat. 16.

Middletown CT, Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, "Neo-Classicism and Romanticism." April 10-May 20, 1948 (with no accompanying catalogue).

Sculptures by Houdon and Paintings and Drawings by David. Exh. cat., The Century Association. New York, February 19-April 10, 1947, cat. 14, (repr.).

Richardson, E. P. Catalogue of the Whitcomb Gifts. p. 75, (repr.) [This publication coincided with the Whitcomb commemorative exhibition held from April 20-Sept 20, 1954, p. 75].

French Painting from David to Rouault. Exh. cat., Atlanta Art Association, Birmingham Museum of Art. Atlanta, Birmingham, September 20-November 5, 1955, cat. 1.

The Age of Canova. Exh. cat., Rhode Island School of Design. Providence, November 6-December 15, 1957, cat. 51 [exh. compiled by A. M. Clark].

Rowland, B., Jr. The Classical Tradition in Western Art. Cambridge, 1963, pl. 210.

French Master Works. Exh. cat., Freedom Festival. Cobo Hall, Detroit, June 30-July 7, 1964.

Rosenblum, R. "Neo-classicism Surveyed," Burlington Magazine, vol. 107, no. 742 (January 1965): pp. 30-33 [citing David's signing of student replicas, but DIA painting not cited].

Art in the Age of Thomas Jefferson. Exh. cat., University of Virginia Art Museum. Charlottesville, March 14-April 23, 1976.

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