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[edit]Jacques-Louis David: Belisarius Begging for Alms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q83155 |
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Title |
French: Bélisaire demandant l’aumône Belisarius asking for alms title QS:P1476,fr:"Bélisaire demandant l’aumône"
label QS:Lfr,"Bélisaire demandant l’aumône"
label QS:Len,"Belisarius asking for alms" |
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Object type | painting / prime version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | history painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depicted people | Belisarius | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 1781 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
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Dimensions |
length: 312 cm (10.2 ft); height: 288 cm (113.3 in) dimensions QS:P2043,312U174728 dimensions QS:P2048,288U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q2628596 |
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Current location |
Départements des peintures XVIe - XXe siècles, Salle 7 |
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Accession number |
Inv. P 436 |
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Source/Photographer |
Web Gallery of Art: Image Info about artwork reference_wga QS:P973,"http://www.wga.hu/html/d/david_j/1/109david.html" |
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JPEG file comment | DAVID, Jacques-Louis
(b. 1748, Paris, d. 1825, Bruxelles) Belisarius Receiving Alms 1781 Oil on canvas, 288 x 312 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille After the successful St Roch, David chose a subject from ancient history. The story of Belisarius was that of a loyal and successful general in the service of the Byzantine emperor Justinian. He had won major victories against the Vandals, Goths and Bulgarians, but he then became implicated in political intrigues, was accused of treason and disgraced. He became an outcast and was even reduced to begging; one version of the story also said that his eyes were put out. The painting shows a scene - Belisarius is recognized by one of the soldiers who served under him just as he receives alms from a woman - which is David's own invention, not having occurred in any of the written sources. This painting was the first fully resolved example of the new heroic and austere style that is now known as Neoclassicism. it is a picture with a serious subject that is painted in a sober and rational style. Few characters, set as if on a stage, exchange meaningful and easily understood gestures. Belisarius is a painting about charity, sympathy, dutiful patriotism and the reversal of fortune. Announcing the old man desperate situation, and appealing to the spectator's charitable sensibilities, the Latin inscription 'Date Obulum Belisario' (Give an obulus - an ancient Greek silver coin - to Belisarius) is displayed on the marker stone in the bottom right-hand corner.
Author: DAVID, Jacques-Louis Title: Belisarius Receiving Alms Form: painting Time-line: 1801-1850 School: French Type: historical |
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- WGA type: historical
- WGA School: French
- WGA time period: 1801-1850