The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons — Jacques-Louis David | DiscoverArt

Jacques-Louis David

The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons

1789

323 × 422 cm (127.2 × 166.1 in)

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