Jacques-Louis David Painting: Hector Oil on canvas, 123 x 172 cm Musee Fabre, Montpellier David discovered the dramatically lit and forceful canvases of Caravaggio and his followers, and his full-length male nude and semi-nude studies such as Hector of 1778 and Patroclus of 1780 show how he had begun to use light and shadow to give weight and density to his figures. Artist: DAVID, Jacques-Louis Title: Hector , painting Date: 1801-1850 French : other
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