Brutus at the death of his sons by Jacques Louis David. Historical canvas print of this episode in Roman history by Jacques Louis David, available for the first time as a giclee canvas print produced by Art Pictures.

Jacques Louis David. was born in Paris in 1748. His father was a haberdasher who died  when Jacques was young. He was brought up by two uncles one was a architect and other a builder they fostered his artistic talent. The Artist Boucher became a fried and influenced him form an early age, and it was on his recommendation that he began to study under Vien in 1766. and in 1774 after several failures he gained the Acedemy prize. With this success he moved to Rome where Vien had just been appointed director of the French Academy. He copied antiquities with great flare.  Italy and especially Rome were an important turning point for David who turned from being a Rococo artist tpo a Neoclassicism.  returning abck to Paris in 1781 he was accepted by the Academy and becoming a full member in 1783/ he painted nearly entirely historical paintings of the classical subjects. In 1785 in the Paris salon his painting Oath of the Horatii was a huge success with this he took the painting back to Rome where it to was a huge success. From the outset of the French revolution David was with the extreme left, where he voted for the death pf the King and in 1794 he headed the convention to abolish the Art Academy.  But he did most to defend artists and there works, and many fine painting would not be here today if it was not for David. He spent some time in orison but soon became a follower of Napoleon Bonaparte. who appointed him his first painter in 1804. After the fall of Napoleon David was banished form France so he moved to Brussels where he continued to paint until the end, he died in 1825.  major works by David included. in 1799 Bonaparte crossing the St Bernard's pass, 1812, |Napoleon in his study. known as Portrait of Napoleon.