Who painted “The Distribution of the Eagle Standards”?

“The Distribution of the Eagle Standards” was painted by Jacques-Louis David in 1810. Where to see it: Palace of Versailles.

Neoclassicism

What to look for

Jacques-Louis David: severe Neoclassical clarity: statuesque figures in a shallow stage-like space, crisp outlines, smooth finish and heroic Roman or Napoleonic subjects.

Jacques-Louis David (30 August 1748 – 29 December 1825) was a French painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era. In the 1780s, his cerebral brand of history painting marked a change in taste away from Rococo frivolity toward classical austerity, severity, and heightened feeling, which harmonized with the moral climate of the final years of the Ancien Régime. Wikipedia

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“The Oath of the Horatii”, 1784
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“The Death of Socrates”, 1787
“The Intervention of the Sabine Women”, 1799
“Portrait of Madame Récamier”, 1800
“The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons”, 1789