Jacques-Louis David

Here are some of the paintings of Jacques-Louis David, especially the ones that relate to The Eight. I've used public domain images. At least, as far as I know, they're in the public domain. At the bottom of the page are pictures I took of two of David's paintings that I saw at the Metropolitan Museum in New York in May 2017. They don't specifically relate to The Eight, but I was very excited to see them.

There is a wonderful documentary about Jacques-Louis David, narrated by Simon Schama, on Youtube. It was originally on the BBC. The documentary is about an hour long, divided into four 15-minute segments:
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4


David's Death of Marat. Anyone who has read The Eight will know the significance of this painting.



David's Intervention of the Sabine Women. In The Eight, David uses Mireille and Valentine as models for two of the women. Below I've included details of these two women. I know Mireille and Valentine aren't real, but I always think of them when I see this painting.



This is Mireille:



This is Valentine:



David's Napoleon Crossing the Alps:



Here are two paintings by David at the National Gallery in Washington, DC. I took these pictures during my visit in April 2019. Napoleon in 1812:


David's portrait of his wife. She was a royalist and left him because of his support for the French Revolution. This is briefly mentioned in The Eight.


Here are pictures I took of two of David's paintings at the Metropolitan Museum in New York in May 2017. The Death of Socrates:


The chemist Antoine Lavoisier (who was guillotined during the French Revolution) and his wife Marie-Anne. I'm pretty sure Lavoisier is not mentioned in The Eight, but I could be wrong.


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