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"tombstone": "Young Woman with a Turban, c. 1780. Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748\u20131825). Oil on canvas; framed: 76 x 66 x 8 cm (29 15/16 x 26 x 3 1/8 in.); unframed: 55.2 x 46 cm (21 3/4 x 18 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George S. Kendrick, 1952.542",
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"measurements": "Framed: 76 x 66 x 8 cm (29 15/16 x 26 x 3 1/8 in.); Unframed: 55.2 x 46 cm (21 3/4 x 18 1/8 in.)",
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"title": "Baron Gros, Painter of Battles: The First Romantic Painter",
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"description": "Sale?: Ho\u0302tel de Bullion, Didot Collection, Paris, France, 6 April 1825 (lot 114).",
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"did_you_know": "The high quality of this painting was of such renown that David\u2019s students requested permission to copy it.",
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"description": "Known as a t\u00eate d'expression or \"expressive head,\" this painting represents an essential part of the academic training of history painters who specialized in religious, mythological, or historical subjects. In 1760, such exercises became standard at the \u00c9cole des Beaux-Arts (School of Fine Arts) in Paris, then known as Acad\u00e9mie royale de peinture et de sculpture. Focusing on the relationship between morality and beauty, the goal of a history painter is not only to create a pleasing image, but also to represent the emotions of the soul.",
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"citation": "Lajer-Burcharth, Ewa, and Jacques Louis David. Necklines: The Art of Jacques-Louis David After the Terror. New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press, 1999.",
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"citation": "Didot, Lacoste, Gibe\u0301, and Henry. Catalogue d'une pre\u0301cieuse collection de tableaux choisis dans toutes les e\u0301coles anciennes et modernes. Paris: Se distribue\u0301 ... chez M. Lacoste, commissaire-priseur, M. Gibe\u0301, commissaire-priseur, M. Henry, commissaire-expert des Muse\u0301es royaux, 1825.",
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"citation": "David, J. L. Jules. Le peintre Louis David, 1748-1825; souvenirs & documents ine\u0301dits. Paris: V. Havard, 1880.",
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"citation": "Muse\u0301e du Petit Palais (Paris, France). Exposition David et ses e\u0301le\u0300ves, 7 avril-9 juin, 1913, Palais des beaux-arts de la ville de Paris: catalogue. 1913.",
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"citation": "W. M. M. \u201cFrench Art since Eighteen Hundred.\u201d The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 16, no. 9 (1929)",
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"citation": "Cantinelli, R., Jacques Louis David, and R. Cantinelli. Jacques-Louis David, 1748-1825. 1930.",
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"citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art. Catalogue of the Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition of the Cleveland Museum of Art: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition : June Twenty-Sixth to October Fourth 1936. [Cleveland, Ohio]: [Cleveland Museum of Art], 1936.",
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"citation": "Art News (13 June 1936).",
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"citation": "Holma, Klaus. David, son evolution et son style. Paris: [P. Lejay], 1940.",
"page_number": "126, no. 38",
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"page_number": "no. 21",
"url": ""
},
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"citation": "Florisoone, Michel. David: exposition en l'honneur du deuxie\u0300me centenaire de sa naissance [juin-septembre, 1948]. [Paris]: E\u0301ditions des Muse\u0301es Nationaux, 1948.",
"page_number": "41, 43",
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"citation": "Coe, Nancy. The History of the Collecting of European Paintings and Drawings in the City of Cleveland. 1955.",
"page_number": "2:45",
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"citation": "Lindsay, Jack. Death of the Hero; French Painting from David to Delacroix. London: Studio, 1961.",
"page_number": "p. 40, fig. 5",
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"citation": "Francis, Henry S. \u201cJean Auguste Dominique Ingres: Antiochus and Stratonice.\u201d The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 55, no. 4 (1968)",
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"url": "https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152209"
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"citation": "Sutton, Denys. France in the Eighteenth Century. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1968.",
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"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.",
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"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.",
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"citation": "Sloane, Joseph C., and John Minor Wisdom. French Nineteenth Century Oil Sketches, David to Degas: An Exhibition in Honor of the Retirement of Joseph Curtis Sloane ... : the William Hayes Ackland Memorial Art Center, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, March 5 Through April 16, 1978. Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University, 1978.",
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"citation": "David, Jacques Louis, Antoine Schnapper, Arlette Se\u0301rullaz, and Elisabeth Agius-d'Yvoire. Jacques-Louis David, 1748-1825. Paris: Eds. de la Re\u0301union des muse\u0301es nationaux, 1989.",
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"citation": "Bordes, Philippe \"Paris and Versailles: David.\" Burlington Magazine (February 1990).",
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"citation": "Scott, Barbara. \"Letter from Paris: David's Portraits.\" Apollo 131 (February 1990).",
"page_number": "115-6",
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"citation": "Michel, Re\u0301gis. David contre David: actes du colloque organise\u0301 au Muse\u0301e du Louvre par le Service culturel du 6 au 10 de\u0301cembre 1989. Paris: Documentation franc\u0327aise, 1993.",
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"citation": "Argencourt, Louise d', and Roger Diederen. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974.",
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"citation": "Ge\u0301ricault, The\u0301odore, and Bruno Chenique. Ge\u0301ricault, au coeur de la cre\u0301ation romantique: e\u0301tudes pour Le radeau de la Me\u0301duse. [Paris]: Chaudun, 2012.",
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