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DAVID, Jacques-Louis: Portrait of the Artist

🖼 Portrait of the Artist, 1794
Oil on canvas
81 × 64 cm
Paris, France

Rendered in austere neoclassical style, the artist gazes directly outward, his face modeled with precise brushwork against a stark background. Painted during the Reign of Terror, this self-portrait became a powerful statement of artistic integrity and survival through France's revolutionary chaos.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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