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David completed the Oath of the Horatii in Rome in 1784, and when it reached Paris it caused a sensation — not as art, but as a moral declaration. Three sons receive three swords from their father. The geometry is austere, the air taut — a clenched fist of a painting.
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Paris
Room 702 · Salle Daru · Level 1 · Denon wing
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