Leonidas at Thermopylae

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

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AMICA ID:

MMA_.63.1

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MMA_.63.1

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2000

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2000

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Drawings and Watercolors

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Drawings and Watercolors

Object Type

false

Creator Name:

David, Jacques-Louis

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David, Jacques-Louis

Creator Name

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Creator Role:

artist

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artist

Creator Role

false

Creator Dates/Places:

1748-1825

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1748-1825

Creator Dates/Places

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Jacques-Louis David

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Jacques-Louis David

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Leonidas at Thermopylae

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Leonidas at Thermopylae

Title

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View:

Full View

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Full View

View

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Creation Date:

ca. 1814

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ca. 1814

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

1812

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1812

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

1816

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1816

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

Black chalk, squared in black chalk

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Black chalk, squared in black chalk

Materials and Techniques

false

Dimensions:

16 x 21 5/8 in. (40.6 x 54.9 cm)

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16 x 21 5/8 in. (40.6 x 54.9 cm)

Dimensions

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AMICA Contributor:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

New York, New York, USA

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New York, New York, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

63.1

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63.1

ID Number

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Credit Line:

Rogers Fund, 1963

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Rogers Fund, 1963

Credit Line

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Rights:

http://www.metmuseum.org/

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<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/</a>

Rights

false

Context:

This is a compositional study for David's large canvas of the same subject, signed and dated 1814 and today in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. The drawing was executed in two distinct stages, offering a view into the artist's creative process. Over a detailed, lightly sketched composition David reworked the sheet in a darker, more emphatic black chalk, refining and simplifying the landscape and figures, especially on the right side. Leonidas, leader of the Spartan troops, is shown calm and unwavering as his men prepare to battle the Persians at the pass of Thermopylae. Many of the poses and figural types used by David refer to classical prototypes, as does the practice-debated during David's time-of depicting classical warriors nude.

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<P>This is a compositional study for David's large canvas of the same subject, signed and dated 1814 and today in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. The drawing was executed in two distinct stages, offering a view into the artist's creative process. Over a detailed, lightly sketched composition David reworked the sheet in a darker, more emphatic black chalk, refining and simplifying the landscape and figures, especially on the right side. Leonidas, leader of the Spartan troops, is shown calm and unwavering as his men prepare to battle the Persians at the pass of Thermopylae. Many of the poses and figural types used by David refer to classical prototypes, as does the practice-debated during David's time-of depicting classical warriors nude.</P>

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