Neoclassical and Romantic History Painting

• Jacques-Louis David, The Death of Marat (1793): mourns the assassination of Jean-Paul Marat, a leading revolutionary, by a partisan from a rival group.
• Jacques-Louis David, Napoleon Crossing the Alps (1801-05): celebrates Napoleon’s return to the front lines in the battle with Austria over control of northern Italy, after seizing political power in the Coup of 18 Brumaire in December 1799.
• Théodore Géricault, The Raft of the Medusa (1818): depicts the survivors of the naval frigate Medusa, which ran aground due to the incompetence of the Captain in 1816.
• Eugène Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People (1830): commemorates the July Revolution of 1830 that deposed King Charles X.

For more on these works, check out Strickland 68-69 and 76-78.