The Combat of the Horatii and the Curatii

1783

Jean-François Janinet after Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier I

Associated Names
Jean-François Janinet

Artist, French, 1752 - 1814

Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier I

Artist After, French, 1738 - 1826

This is a painting of a battle scene with divine intervention. Soldiers are fighting in the center foreground. A divine figure levitates above the battlefield, holding a branch. In the background, soldiers stand in formation with raised spears and trees frame the scenery. The color palette consists of pale blues, earthy tans, and grays. The style is reminiscent of Jacques-Louis David.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wash manner, printed in blue, red, and black inks

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ivan E. and Winifred Phillips, in memory of Neil Phillips

  • Dimensions

    plate: 39 x 49.4 cm (15 3/8 x 19 7/16 in.)
    overall (outer framing line): 32.9 x 44.2 cm (12 15/16 x 17 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.63.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Portalis/Beraldi 1880, no. 68

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Delpeine(?) (not in Lugt). (Emmanuel von Baeyer, London); Ivan Phillips, New York; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004, no. 48.

Bibliography

1880

  • Portalis, baron Roger and Henri Beraldi. Les graveurs du dix-huitieme siecle. 2 parts, 3 vols. each part. Paris, 1880.

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004: no. 48.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: No 1083 / (not deciphered) 2g 1.84

Wikidata ID

Q76345631

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