An appreciation of David's "Brutus"

Mark Ledbury, Professor of Art History at the University of Sydney, introduces  one of his favourite paintings, Jacques-Louis David's 'The Lictors Bringing to Brutus the Bodies of his Dead Sons'.  Published in The Conversation on 30th August. 

 Jacques-Louis David, The Lictors bringing to Brutus the bodies of his dead sons, 1789 Paris, Louvre. Musée du Louvre

Jacques-Louis David's The Lictors Bringing to Brutus the Bodies of his Dead Sons is a gruesome and compelling painting (theconversation.com)