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	{{Character Infobox		{{Character Infobox
	\|name=Jacques-Louis David		\|name=Jacques-Louis David
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	\|image=ACU Jacques-Louis David.png		\|image=ACU Jacques-Louis David.png
	\|birth=30 August 1748<br>[[Paris]], [[France\|Kingdom of France]]		\|birth=30 August 1748<br>[[Paris]], [[France\|Kingdom of France]]
	\|death=29 December 1825 (aged 77)<br>[[Brussels]], [[Netherlands\|United Kingdom of the Netherlands]]		\|death=29 December 1825 {{c\|aged 77}}<br>[[Brussels]], [[Netherlands\|United Kingdom of the Netherlands]]
	\|species=[[Human]]		\|species=[[Human]]
	\|database=[[Database: Jacques-Louis David\|Jacques-Louis David]]		\|database=[[Database: Jacques-Louis David\|Jacques-Louis David]]
	\|affiliates=[[Jacobins]]<br>[[National Convention]]<br>[[Freemasons]]		\|affiliates=[[Jacobins]]<br>[[National Convention]]<br>[[Freemasons]]
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	'''Jacques-Louis David''' (1748 – 1825) was a famous and highly influential French painter of the Neoclassical era.		'''Jacques-Louis David''' (1748 – 1825) was a famous and highly influential [[France\|French]] painter of the Neoclassical era.

	==Biography==		==Biography==
	David actively supported the [[French Revolution]], joining the [[Jacobins\|Jacobin Club]], producing a {{wiki\|commons:File:Serment du Jeu de Paume - Jacques-Louis David.jpg\|drawing}} of the {{wiki\|Tennis Court Oath}} and befriending the noted Jacobin [[Maximilien de Robespierre]].<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Jacques-Louis David]]</ref> He also drew meetings of the club, being probably the first "photo" reporter in history.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Database: Club des Jacobins]]</ref> As Robespierre and the Jacobins came to power in 1793, the former collaborated with David to use art and culture as a political tool.<ref name="PW">''[[Project Widow]]'' – "Woe is Robespierre"</ref>		David actively supported the [[French Revolution]], joining the [[Jacobins\|Jacobin Club]], producing a {{wiki\|commons:File:Serment du Jeu de Paume - Jacques-Louis David.jpg\|drawing}} of the {{wiki\|Tennis Court Oath}} and befriending the noted Jacobin [[Maximilien de Robespierre]].<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Jacques-Louis David]]</ref> He also drew meetings of the club, being probably the first "photo" reporter in history.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Database: Club des Jacobins]]</ref> As Robespierre and the Jacobins came to power in 1793, the former collaborated with David to use art and culture as a political tool.<ref name="PW">''[[Project Widow]]'' – "Woe is Robespierre"</ref>

	After [[Louis-Michel le Peletier]] was killed in January 1793, David produced a painting of him, which the former's daughter, [[Louise-Suzanne le Peletier\|Louise-Suzanne]], would later destroy.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Database: Louise-Suzanne Le Peletier]]</ref> When the radical revolutionary [[Jean-Paul Marat]] was murdered in his bathtub by [[Charlotte Corday]] in July ~~of that year~~,<ref name="~~TheAssassinationOfJeanPaulMarat~~">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[The Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat]]</ref> David visited the scene of the crime to produce one of his most famous paintings: ''{{Wiki\|The Death of Marat}}''.<ref name="Database"/> The [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins\|French Assassin]] [[Arno Dorian]] also visited the scene to investigate the murder. On being questioned by Arno however, David brushed him off, stating that he was preoccupied with his painting.<ref name="~~TheAssassinationOfJeanPaulMarat~~"/> The painting would go on to immortalize Marat as a Jacobin martyr concerned with the safety of France.<ref>''Project Widow'' – "Marat the martyr"</ref>		After [[Louis-Michel le Peletier]] was killed in January 1793, David produced a painting of him, which the former's daughter, [[Louise-Suzanne le Peletier\|Louise-Suzanne]], would later destroy.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Database: Louise-Suzanne Le Peletier]]</ref>

			When the radical revolutionary [[Jean-Paul Marat]] was murdered in his bathtub by [[Charlotte Corday]] in July 1793,<ref name="Marat Assassination">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[The Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat]]</ref> David visited the scene of the crime to produce one of his most famous paintings: ''{{Wiki\|The Death of Marat}}''.<ref name="Database"/> The [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins\|French Assassin]] [[Arno Dorian]] also visited the scene to investigate the murder. On being questioned by Arno however, David brushed him off, stating that he was preoccupied with his painting.<ref name="Marat Assassination"/> The painting would go on to immortalize Marat as a Jacobin martyr concerned with the safety of France.<ref>''Project Widow'' – "Marat the martyr"</ref>

	The poet [[André Chénier]] despised David, considering him a "most despicable propagandist", and wrote a series of satirical poems about him called ''Le Jeu de Paume''. Infuriated, David called in favors from Robespierre and his supporters and had them take over Chénier's house and keep the poems under guard. However, Chénier sent Arno to recover them.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Vicious Verses]]</ref>		The poet [[André Chénier]] despised David, considering him a "most despicable propagandist", and wrote a series of satirical poems about him called ''Le Jeu de Paume''. Infuriated, David called in favors from Robespierre and his supporters and had them take over Chénier's house and keep the poems under guard. However, Chénier sent Arno to recover them.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Vicious Verses]]</ref>
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	When Robespierre hosted the [[Festival of the Supreme Being]] at the [[Champ de Mars]] on 8 June 1794, David collaborated with opera composer {{Wiki\|François-Joseph Gossec}} and André Chénier's brother, the dramatist [[Marie-Joseph Chénier]], to organize the festivities.<ref>''Project Widow'' – "The Festival of the Supreme Being"</ref> David commissioned the construction of an artificial mountain made of plaster and cardboard, on top of which stood a 50-foot column holding a statue of [[Hercules]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://assassinscreed.ubi.com/en-GB/news/news_detail.aspx?c=tcm:154-179514-16&ct=tcm:148-76770-32\|publisher=[[Ubisoft]]\|title=Eye Spy – The French Revolution and the New World Order\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023151924/http://assassinscreed.ubi.com/en-GB/news/news_detail.aspx?c=tcm:154-179514-16&ct=tcm:148-76770-32\|archivedate=23 October 2014\|accessdate=10 May 2025}}</ref>		When Robespierre hosted the [[Festival of the Supreme Being]] at the [[Champ de Mars]] on 8 June 1794, David collaborated with opera composer {{Wiki\|François-Joseph Gossec}} and André Chénier's brother, the dramatist [[Marie-Joseph Chénier]], to organize the festivities.<ref>''Project Widow'' – "The Festival of the Supreme Being"</ref> David commissioned the construction of an artificial mountain made of plaster and cardboard, on top of which stood a 50-foot column holding a statue of [[Hercules]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://assassinscreed.ubi.com/en-GB/news/news_detail.aspx?c=tcm:154-179514-16&ct=tcm:148-76770-32\|publisher=[[Ubisoft]]\|title=Eye Spy – The French Revolution and the New World Order\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023151924/http://assassinscreed.ubi.com/en-GB/news/news_detail.aspx?c=tcm:154-179514-16&ct=tcm:148-76770-32\|archivedate=23 October 2014\|accessdate=10 May 2025}}</ref>

	After [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] came to power in 1799, David aligned himself with the new regime, much as he had with Robespierre, painting the portrait ''{{Wiki\|Napoleon Crossing the Alps}}''.<ref name="ACU">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – {{Cite}}</ref> ~~Again, in~~ 1812, David ~~painted~~ [[French Empire\|Emperor]] Napoleon I in ~~the~~ portrait ''{{Wiki\|The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries}}''.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs\|Glyph]] #2: "Sixty-Four Squares"</ref>		After [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] came to power in 1799, David aligned himself with the new regime, much as he had with Robespierre, painting the portrait ''{{Wiki\|Napoleon Crossing the Alps}}'' in 1801.<ref name="ACU">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – {{Cite}}</ref> In 1812, David depicted [[French Empire\|Emperor]] Napoleon I in another portrait, ''{{Wiki\|The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries}}''.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs\|Glyph]] #2: "Sixty-Four Squares"</ref>

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==
	<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180">		<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180">
	ACU Arno questioning Jacques-Louis David.png\|Arno Dorian interrogating ~~Jacques-Louis~~ while he paints		ACU Arno questioning Jacques-Louis David.png\|Arno Dorian interrogating David while he paints
	Jacques-Louis David - La Mort de Marat.jpg\|''The Death of Marat'' (1793)		Jacques-Louis David - La Mort de Marat.jpg\|''The Death of Marat'' (1793)
	NapoleonAlps.jpg\|''Napoleon Crossing the Alps'' (1801)		NapoleonAlps.jpg\|''Napoleon Crossing the Alps'' (1801)
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	The poet [[André Chénier]] despised David, considering him a "most despicable propagandist", and wrote a series of satirical poems about him called ''Le Jeu de Paume''. Infuriated, David called in favors from Robespierre and his supporters and had them take over Chénier's house and keep the poems under guard. However, Chénier sent Arno to recover them.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Vicious Verses]]</ref>		The poet [[André Chénier]] despised David, considering him a "most despicable propagandist", and wrote a series of satirical poems about him called ''Le Jeu de Paume''. Infuriated, David called in favors from Robespierre and his supporters and had them take over Chénier's house and keep the poems under guard. However, Chénier sent Arno to recover them.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Vicious Verses]]</ref>

	When Robespierre hosted the [[Festival of the Supreme Being]] at the [[Champ de Mars]] on 8 June 1794, David collaborated with opera composer {{Wiki\|François-Joseph Gossec}} and André Chénier's brother, the dramatist [[Marie-Joseph Chénier]], to organize the festivities.<ref>''Project Widow'' – "The Festival of the Supreme Being"</ref> David commissioned the construction of an artificial mountain made of plaster and cardboard, on top of which stood a 50-foot column holding a statue of [[Hercules]].<ref>[[~~User blog~~:~~Nygma PI~~/~~Ubisoft News — Assassin's Creed~~: ~~Unity~~\|~~''Cult of the Supreme Being: Revolutionaries Reinvent God'']]~~</ref>		When Robespierre hosted the [[Festival of the Supreme Being]] at the [[Champ de Mars]] on 8 June 1794, David collaborated with opera composer {{Wiki\|François-Joseph Gossec}} and André Chénier's brother, the dramatist [[Marie-Joseph Chénier]], to organize the festivities.<ref>''Project Widow'' – "The Festival of the Supreme Being"</ref> David commissioned the construction of an artificial mountain made of plaster and cardboard, on top of which stood a 50-foot column holding a statue of [[Hercules]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://assassinscreed.ubi.com/en-GB/news/news_detail.aspx?c=tcm:154-179514-16&ct=tcm:148-76770-32\|publisher=[[Ubisoft]]\|title=Eye Spy – The French Revolution and the New World Order\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023151924/http://assassinscreed.ubi.com/en-GB/news/news_detail.aspx?c=tcm:154-179514-16&ct=tcm:148-76770-32\|archivedate=23 October 2014\|accessdate=10 May 2025}}</ref>

	After [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] came to power in 1799, David aligned himself with the new regime, much as he had with Robespierre, painting the portrait ''{{Wiki\|Napoleon Crossing the Alps}}''.<ref name="ACU">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – {{Cite}}</ref> Again, in 1812, David painted [[French Empire\|Emperor]] Napoleon I in the portrait ''{{Wiki\|The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries}}''.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs\|Glyph]] #2: "Sixty-Four Squares"</ref>		After [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] came to power in 1799, David aligned himself with the new regime, much as he had with Robespierre, painting the portrait ''{{Wiki\|Napoleon Crossing the Alps}}''.<ref name="ACU">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – {{Cite}}</ref> Again, in 1812, David painted [[French Empire\|Emperor]] Napoleon I in the portrait ''{{Wiki\|The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries}}''.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs\|Glyph]] #2: "Sixty-Four Squares"</ref>
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	<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180">		<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180">
	ACU Arno questioning Jacques-Louis David.png\|Arno Dorian interrogating Jacques-Louis while he paints		ACU Arno questioning Jacques-Louis David.png\|Arno Dorian interrogating Jacques-Louis while he paints
	Jacques-Louis David - La Mort de Marat.jpg\|''~~{{Wiki\|~~The Death of Marat}}'' (1793)		Jacques-Louis David - La Mort de Marat.jpg\|''The Death of Marat'' (1793)
	NapoleonAlps.jpg\|''~~{{Wiki\|~~Napoleon Crossing the Alps}}'' (1801)		NapoleonAlps.jpg\|''Napoleon Crossing the Alps'' (1801)
	AC2 - The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries.jpg\|''~~{{Wiki\|~~The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries}}'' (1812)		AC2 - The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries.jpg\|''The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries'' (1812)
	DTAG - Painting of Leonidas at Thermopylai.png\|''{{Wiki\|Leonidas at Thermopylae}}'' (1814)		DTAG - Painting of Leonidas at Thermopylai.png\|''{{Wiki\|Leonidas at Thermopylae}}'' (1814)
	</gallery>		</gallery>

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	David actively supported the [[French Revolution]], joining the [[Jacobins\|Jacobin Club]], producing a {{wiki\|commons:File:Serment du Jeu de Paume - Jacques-Louis David.jpg\|drawing}} of the {{wiki\|Tennis Court Oath}} and befriending the noted Jacobin [[Maximilien de Robespierre]].<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Jacques-Louis David]]</ref> He also drew meetings of the club, being probably the first "photo" reporter in history.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Database: Club des Jacobins]]</ref> As Robespierre and the Jacobins came to power in 1793, the former collaborated with David to use art and culture as a political tool.<ref name="PW">''[[Project Widow]]'' – "Woe is Robespierre"</ref>		David actively supported the [[French Revolution]], joining the [[Jacobins\|Jacobin Club]], producing a {{wiki\|commons:File:Serment du Jeu de Paume - Jacques-Louis David.jpg\|drawing}} of the {{wiki\|Tennis Court Oath}} and befriending the noted Jacobin [[Maximilien de Robespierre]].<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Jacques-Louis David]]</ref> He also drew meetings of the club, being probably the first "photo" reporter in history.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Database: Club des Jacobins]]</ref> As Robespierre and the Jacobins came to power in 1793, the former collaborated with David to use art and culture as a political tool.<ref name="PW">''[[Project Widow]]'' – "Woe is Robespierre"</ref>

	After [[Louis-Michel le Peletier]] was killed in January 1793, David produced a painting of him, which the former's daughter, [[Louise-Suzanne le Peletier\|Louise-Suzanne]], would later destroy.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Database: Louise-Suzanne Le Peletier]]</ref> When the radical revolutionary [[Jean-Paul Marat]] was murdered in his bathtub by [[Charlotte Corday]] in July of that year,<ref name="TheAssassinationOfJeanPaulMarat">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[The Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat]]<ref/> David visited the scene of the crime to produce one of his most famous paintings: ''{{Wiki\|The Death of Marat}}''.<ref name="Database"/> The [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins\|French Assassin]] [[Arno Dorian]] also visited the scene to investigate the murder. On being questioned by Arno however, David brushed him off, stating that he was preoccupied with his painting.<ref name="TheAssassinationOfJeanPaulMarat"/> The painting would go on to immortalize Marat as a Jacobin martyr concerned with the safety of France.<ref>''Project Widow'' – "Marat the martyr"</ref>		After [[Louis-Michel le Peletier]] was killed in January 1793, David produced a painting of him, which the former's daughter, [[Louise-Suzanne le Peletier\|Louise-Suzanne]], would later destroy.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Database: Louise-Suzanne Le Peletier]]</ref> When the radical revolutionary [[Jean-Paul Marat]] was murdered in his bathtub by [[Charlotte Corday]] in July of that year,<ref name="TheAssassinationOfJeanPaulMarat">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[The Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat]]</ref> David visited the scene of the crime to produce one of his most famous paintings: ''{{Wiki\|The Death of Marat}}''.<ref name="Database"/> The [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins\|French Assassin]] [[Arno Dorian]] also visited the scene to investigate the murder. On being questioned by Arno however, David brushed him off, stating that he was preoccupied with his painting.<ref name="TheAssassinationOfJeanPaulMarat"/> The painting would go on to immortalize Marat as a Jacobin martyr concerned with the safety of France.<ref>''Project Widow'' – "Marat the martyr"</ref>

	The poet [[André Chénier]] despised David, considering him a "most despicable propagandist", and wrote a series of satirical poems about him called ''Le Jeu de Paume''. Infuriated, David called in favors from Robespierre and his supporters and had them take over Chénier's house and keep the poems under guard. However, Chénier sent Arno to recover them.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Vicious Verses]]</ref>		The poet [[André Chénier]] despised David, considering him a "most despicable propagandist", and wrote a series of satirical poems about him called ''Le Jeu de Paume''. Infuriated, David called in favors from Robespierre and his supporters and had them take over Chénier's house and keep the poems under guard. However, Chénier sent Arno to recover them.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Vicious Verses]]</ref>

	When Robespierre hosted the [[Festival of the Supreme Being]] at the [[Champ de Mars]] on 8 June 1794, David collaborated with opera composer {{Wiki\|François-Joseph Gossec}} and André Chénier's brother, the dramatist [[Marie-Joseph Chénier]], to organize the festivities.<ref>''Project Widow'' – "The Festival of the Supreme Being"</ref> David commissioned the construction of an artificial mountain made of plaster and cardboard, on top of which stood a 50-foot column holding a statue of [[Hercules]].<ref>[~~http~~:/~~/assassinscreed.ubi.com/en-GB/news/news_detail.aspx?c=tcm~~:~~154-177119-16&ct=tcm:148-76770-32~~ ''Cult of the Supreme Being: Revolutionaries Reinvent God'']~~{{dead link}}~~</ref>		When Robespierre hosted the [[Festival of the Supreme Being]] at the [[Champ de Mars]] on 8 June 1794, David collaborated with opera composer {{Wiki\|François-Joseph Gossec}} and André Chénier's brother, the dramatist [[Marie-Joseph Chénier]], to organize the festivities.<ref>''Project Widow'' – "The Festival of the Supreme Being"</ref> David commissioned the construction of an artificial mountain made of plaster and cardboard, on top of which stood a 50-foot column holding a statue of [[Hercules]].<ref>[[User blog:Nygma PI/Ubisoft News — Assassin's Creed: Unity\|''Cult of the Supreme Being: Revolutionaries Reinvent God'']]</ref>

	After [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] came to power in 1799, David aligned himself with the new regime, much as he had with Robespierre, painting the portrait ''{{Wiki\|Napoleon Crossing the Alps}}''.<ref name="ACU">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – {{Cite}}</ref> Again, in 1812, David painted [[French Empire\|Emperor]] Napoleon I in the portrait ''{{Wiki\|The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries}}''.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs\|Glyph]] #2: "Sixty-Four Squares"</ref>		After [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] came to power in 1799, David aligned himself with the new regime, much as he had with Robespierre, painting the portrait ''{{Wiki\|Napoleon Crossing the Alps}}''.<ref name="ACU">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – {{Cite}}</ref> Again, in 1812, David painted [[French Empire\|Emperor]] Napoleon I in the portrait ''{{Wiki\|The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries}}''.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs\|Glyph]] #2: "Sixty-Four Squares"</ref>

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	{{Quote\|Show some courtesy! I must perfectly capture the death of such a hero to the people! I need to focus!\|Jacques Louis David to Arno Dorian, 1793.\|Assassin's Creed: Unity\|The Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat}}		{{Quote\|Show some courtesy! I must perfectly capture the death of such a hero to the people! I need to focus!\|Jacques Louis David to Arno Dorian, 1793.\|Assassin's Creed: Unity\|The Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat}}
	{{Character Infobox		{{Character Infobox
	\| image = ~~ACU_Jacques~~-~~Louis_David~~.png		\|name=Jacques-Louis David
	\| birth = 30 August 1748<br>[[Paris]], [[France\|Kingdom of France]]		\|native=
	\| death = 29 December 1825 (aged 77)<br>[[Brussels]], [[Netherlands\|United Kingdom of the Netherlands]]		\|image=ACU Jacques-Louis David.png
	~~\| affiliates = [[Jacobins]]<br>[[National Convention]]<br>[[Freemasons~~]]		\|birth=30 August 1748<br>[[Paris]], [[France\|Kingdom of France]]
	\| species = [[Human]]		\|death=29 December 1825 (aged 77)<br>[[Brussels]], [[Netherlands\|United Kingdom of the Netherlands]]
	\| database = [[Database: Jacques-Louis David\|Jacques-Louis David]]		\|species=[[Human]]
			\|database=[[Database: Jacques-Louis David\|Jacques-Louis David]]
			\|affiliates=[[Jacobins]]<br>[[National Convention]]<br>[[Freemasons]]
	}}		}}
	'''Jacques-Louis David''' (1748 – 1825) was a famous and highly influential French painter of the Neoclassical era.		'''Jacques-Louis David''' (1748 – 1825) was a famous and highly influential French painter of the Neoclassical era.
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	David actively supported the [[French Revolution]], joining the [[Jacobins\|Jacobin Club]], producing a {{wiki\|commons:File:Serment du Jeu de Paume - Jacques-Louis David.jpg\|drawing}} of the {{wiki\|Tennis Court Oath}} and befriending the noted Jacobin [[Maximilien de Robespierre]].<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Jacques-Louis David]]</ref> He also drew meetings of the club, being probably the first "photo" reporter in history.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Database: Club des Jacobins]]</ref> As Robespierre and the Jacobins came to power in 1793, the former collaborated with David to use art and culture as a political tool.<ref name="PW">''[[Project Widow]]'' – "Woe is Robespierre"</ref>		David actively supported the [[French Revolution]], joining the [[Jacobins\|Jacobin Club]], producing a {{wiki\|commons:File:Serment du Jeu de Paume - Jacques-Louis David.jpg\|drawing}} of the {{wiki\|Tennis Court Oath}} and befriending the noted Jacobin [[Maximilien de Robespierre]].<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Jacques-Louis David]]</ref> He also drew meetings of the club, being probably the first "photo" reporter in history.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Database: Club des Jacobins]]</ref> As Robespierre and the Jacobins came to power in 1793, the former collaborated with David to use art and culture as a political tool.<ref name="PW">''[[Project Widow]]'' – "Woe is Robespierre"</ref>

	After [[Louis-Michel le Peletier]] was killed in January 1793, David produced a painting of him, which the former's daughter, [[Louise-Suzanne le Peletier\|Louise-Suzanne]], would later destroy.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Database: Louise-Suzanne Le Peletier]]</ref> When the radical revolutionary [[Jean-Paul Marat]] was murdered in his bathtub by [[Charlotte Corday]] in July of that year,<ref name=":0" /> David visited the scene of the crime to produce one of his most famous paintings: ''{{Wiki\|The Death of Marat}}''.<ref name="Database" /> The [[Assassins\|Assassin]] [[Arno Dorian]] also visited the scene to investigate the murder. On being questioned by ~~the~~ Arno however, David brushed him off, stating that he was preoccupied with his painting.<ref name=":0"~~>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[The Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat]]<~~/~~ref~~> The painting would go on to immortalize Marat as a Jacobin martyr concerned with the safety of France.<ref>''Project Widow'' – "Marat the martyr"</ref>		After [[Louis-Michel le Peletier]] was killed in January 1793, David produced a painting of him, which the former's daughter, [[Louise-Suzanne le Peletier\|Louise-Suzanne]], would later destroy.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Database: Louise-Suzanne Le Peletier]]</ref> When the radical revolutionary [[Jean-Paul Marat]] was murdered in his bathtub by [[Charlotte Corday]] in July of that year,<ref name="TheAssassinationOfJeanPaulMarat">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[The Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat]]<ref/> David visited the scene of the crime to produce one of his most famous paintings: ''{{Wiki\|The Death of Marat}}''.<ref name="Database"/> The [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins\|French Assassin]] [[Arno Dorian]] also visited the scene to investigate the murder. On being questioned by Arno however, David brushed him off, stating that he was preoccupied with his painting.<ref name="TheAssassinationOfJeanPaulMarat"/> The painting would go on to immortalize Marat as a Jacobin martyr concerned with the safety of France.<ref>''Project Widow'' – "Marat the martyr"</ref>

	The poet [[André Chénier]] despised David, considering him a "most despicable propagandist", and wrote a series of satirical poems about him called ''Le Jeu de Paume''. Infuriated, David called in favors from Robespierre and his supporters and had them take over Chénier's house and keep the poems under guard. However, Chénier sent Arno to recover them.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Vicious Verses]]</ref>		The poet [[André Chénier]] despised David, considering him a "most despicable propagandist", and wrote a series of satirical poems about him called ''Le Jeu de Paume''. Infuriated, David called in favors from Robespierre and his supporters and had them take over Chénier's house and keep the poems under guard. However, Chénier sent Arno to recover them.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Vicious Verses]]</ref>
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	When Robespierre hosted the [[Festival of the Supreme Being]] at the [[Champ de Mars]] on 8 June 1794, David collaborated with opera composer {{Wiki\|François-Joseph Gossec}} and André Chénier's brother, the dramatist [[Marie-Joseph Chénier]], to organize the festivities.<ref>''Project Widow'' – "The Festival of the Supreme Being"</ref> David commissioned the construction of an artificial mountain made of plaster and cardboard, on top of which stood a 50-foot column holding a statue of [[Hercules]].<ref>[http://assassinscreed.ubi.com/en-GB/news/news_detail.aspx?c=tcm:154-177119-16&ct=tcm:148-76770-32 ''Cult of the Supreme Being: Revolutionaries Reinvent God'']{{dead link}}</ref>		When Robespierre hosted the [[Festival of the Supreme Being]] at the [[Champ de Mars]] on 8 June 1794, David collaborated with opera composer {{Wiki\|François-Joseph Gossec}} and André Chénier's brother, the dramatist [[Marie-Joseph Chénier]], to organize the festivities.<ref>''Project Widow'' – "The Festival of the Supreme Being"</ref> David commissioned the construction of an artificial mountain made of plaster and cardboard, on top of which stood a 50-foot column holding a statue of [[Hercules]].<ref>[http://assassinscreed.ubi.com/en-GB/news/news_detail.aspx?c=tcm:154-177119-16&ct=tcm:148-76770-32 ''Cult of the Supreme Being: Revolutionaries Reinvent God'']{{dead link}}</ref>

	After [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] came to power in 1799, David aligned himself with the new regime, much as he had with Robespierre, painting the portrait ''{{Wiki\|Napoleon Crossing the Alps}}''.<ref name="ACU">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – {{Cite}}</ref> Again, in 1812, David painted ~~Napoleon – now~~ Emperor Napoleon I ~~– with~~ the portrait ''{{Wiki\|The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries}}''.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs\|Glyph #2: "Sixty-Four Squares"]]</ref>		After [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] came to power in 1799, David aligned himself with the new regime, much as he had with Robespierre, painting the portrait ''{{Wiki\|Napoleon Crossing the Alps}}''.<ref name="ACU">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – {{Cite}}</ref> Again, in 1812, David painted [[French Empire\|Emperor]] Napoleon I in the portrait ''{{Wiki\|The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries}}''.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs\|Glyph]] #2: "Sixty-Four Squares"</ref>

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==

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	{{Quote\|Show some courtesy! I must perfectly capture the death of such a hero to the people! I need to focus!\|Jacques Louis David to Arno Dorian, 1793.\|Assassin's Creed: Unity}}		{{Quote\|Show some courtesy! I must perfectly capture the death of such a hero to the people! I need to focus!\|Jacques Louis David to Arno Dorian, 1793.\|Assassin's Creed: Unity\|The Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat}}
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	==Biography==		==Biography==
	David actively supported the [[French Revolution]], joining the [[Jacobins\|Jacobin Club]], producing a {{wiki\|commons:File:Serment du Jeu de Paume - Jacques-Louis David.jpg\|drawing}} of the {{wiki\|Tennis Court Oath}} and befriending the noted Jacobin [[Maximilien de Robespierre]].<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Jacques-Louis David]]</ref> As Robespierre and the Jacobins came to power in 1793, the former collaborated with David to use art and culture as a political tool.<ref name="PW">''[[Project Widow]]''</ref>		David actively supported the [[French Revolution]], joining the [[Jacobins\|Jacobin Club]], producing a {{wiki\|commons:File:Serment du Jeu de Paume - Jacques-Louis David.jpg\|drawing}} of the {{wiki\|Tennis Court Oath}} and befriending the noted Jacobin [[Maximilien de Robespierre]].<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Jacques-Louis David]]</ref> He also drew meetings of the club, being probably the first "photo" reporter in history.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Database: Club des Jacobins]]</ref> As Robespierre and the Jacobins came to power in 1793, the former collaborated with David to use art and culture as a political tool.<ref name="PW">''[[Project Widow]]'' – "Woe is Robespierre"</ref>

	After [[Louis-Michel le Peletier]] was killed in January 1793, David produced a painting of him, which the former's daughter, [[Louise-Suzanne le Peletier\|Louise-Suzanne]], would later destroy. When the radical revolutionary [[Jean-Paul Marat]] was murdered in his bathtub by [[Charlotte Corday]] in July of that year, David visited the scene of the crime to produce one of his most famous paintings: ''{{Wiki\|The Death of Marat}}''.<ref name="Database" /> The [[Assassins\|Assassin]] [[Arno Dorian]] also visited the scene to investigate the murder. On being questioned by the Arno however, David brushed him off, stating that he was preoccupied with his painting.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[The Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat]]</ref> The painting would go on to immortalize Marat as a Jacobin martyr concerned with the safety of France.<ref ~~name=~~"PW" />		After [[Louis-Michel le Peletier]] was killed in January 1793, David produced a painting of him, which the former's daughter, [[Louise-Suzanne le Peletier\|Louise-Suzanne]], would later destroy.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Database: Louise-Suzanne Le Peletier]]</ref> When the radical revolutionary [[Jean-Paul Marat]] was murdered in his bathtub by [[Charlotte Corday]] in July of that year,<ref name=":0" /> David visited the scene of the crime to produce one of his most famous paintings: ''{{Wiki\|The Death of Marat}}''.<ref name="Database" /> The [[Assassins\|Assassin]] [[Arno Dorian]] also visited the scene to investigate the murder. On being questioned by the Arno however, David brushed him off, stating that he was preoccupied with his painting.<ref name=":0">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[The Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat]]</ref> The painting would go on to immortalize Marat as a Jacobin martyr concerned with the safety of France.<ref>''Project Widow'' – "Marat the martyr"</ref>

	The poet [[André Chénier]] despised David, considering him a "most despicable propagandist", and wrote a series of satirical poems about him called ''Le Jeu de Paume''. Infuriated, David called in favors from Robespierre and his supporters and had them take over Chénier's house and keep the poems under guard. However, Chénier sent Arno to recover them.<ref ~~name="ACU"~~>''Assassin's Creed: Unity''</ref>		The poet [[André Chénier]] despised David, considering him a "most despicable propagandist", and wrote a series of satirical poems about him called ''Le Jeu de Paume''. Infuriated, David called in favors from Robespierre and his supporters and had them take over Chénier's house and keep the poems under guard. However, Chénier sent Arno to recover them.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Vicious Verses]]</ref>

	When Robespierre hosted the [[Festival of the Supreme Being]] at the [[Champ de Mars]] on 8 June 1794, David collaborated with opera composer {{Wiki\|François-Joseph Gossec}} and André Chénier's brother, the dramatist [[Marie-Joseph Chénier]], to organize the festivities.<ref ~~name=~~"PW" /> David commissioned the construction of an artificial mountain made of plaster and cardboard, on top of which stood a 50-foot column holding a statue of [[Hercules]].<ref>[http://assassinscreed.ubi.com/en-GB/news/news_detail.aspx?c=tcm:154-177119-16&ct=tcm:148-76770-32 ''Cult of the Supreme Being: Revolutionaries Reinvent God'']{{dead link}}</ref>		When Robespierre hosted the [[Festival of the Supreme Being]] at the [[Champ de Mars]] on 8 June 1794, David collaborated with opera composer {{Wiki\|François-Joseph Gossec}} and André Chénier's brother, the dramatist [[Marie-Joseph Chénier]], to organize the festivities.<ref>''Project Widow'' – "The Festival of the Supreme Being"</ref> David commissioned the construction of an artificial mountain made of plaster and cardboard, on top of which stood a 50-foot column holding a statue of [[Hercules]].<ref>[http://assassinscreed.ubi.com/en-GB/news/news_detail.aspx?c=tcm:154-177119-16&ct=tcm:148-76770-32 ''Cult of the Supreme Being: Revolutionaries Reinvent God'']{{dead link}}</ref>

	After [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] came to power in 1799, David aligned himself with the new regime, much as he had with Robespierre, painting the portrait ''{{Wiki\|Napoleon Crossing the Alps}}''.<ref name="ACU" /> Again, in 1812 David painted Napoleon – now Emperor Napoleon I – with the portrait ''{{Wiki\|The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries}}''.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs\|Glyph #2: "Sixty-Four Squares"]]</ref>		After [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] came to power in 1799, David aligned himself with the new regime, much as he had with Robespierre, painting the portrait ''{{Wiki\|Napoleon Crossing the Alps}}''.<ref name="ACU">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – {{Cite}}</ref> Again, in 1812, David painted Napoleon – now Emperor Napoleon I – with the portrait ''{{Wiki\|The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries}}''.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs\|Glyph #2: "Sixty-Four Squares"]]</ref>

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==

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	<gallery captionalign="center" position="center~~" spacing="small~~" widths="180">		<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180">
	ACU Arno questioning Jacques-Louis David.png\|Jacques-Louis ~~David being questioned by Arno Dorian~~ while he~~'s painting~~		ACU Arno questioning Jacques-Louis David.png\|Arno Dorian interrogating Jacques-Louis while he paints
	Jacques-Louis David - La Mort de Marat.jpg\|''{{Wiki\|The Death of Marat}}'' (1793)		Jacques-Louis David - La Mort de Marat.jpg\|''{{Wiki\|The Death of Marat}}'' (1793)
	NapoleonAlps.jpg\|''{{Wiki\|Napoleon Crossing the Alps}}'' (1801)		NapoleonAlps.jpg\|''{{Wiki\|Napoleon Crossing the Alps}}'' (1801)

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	\| image = ACU_Jacques-Louis_David.png		\| image = ACU_Jacques-Louis_David.png
	\| birth = 30 August 1748<br>[[Paris]], [[France\|Kingdom of France]]		\| birth = 30 August 1748<br>[[Paris]], [[France\|Kingdom of France]]
	\| death = 29 December 1825 (aged 77)<br>~~{{Wiki\|~~Brussels}}, [[Netherlands\|United Kingdom of the Netherlands]]		\| death = 29 December 1825 (aged 77)<br>[[Brussels]], [[Netherlands\|United Kingdom of the Netherlands]]
	\| affiliates = [[Jacobins]]<br>[[National Convention]]<br>[[Freemasons]]		\| affiliates = [[Jacobins]]<br>[[National Convention]]<br>[[Freemasons]]
	\| species = [[Human]]		\| species = [[Human]]

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	\| affiliates = [[Jacobins]]<br>[[National Convention]]<br>[[Freemasons]]		\| affiliates = [[Jacobins]]<br>[[National Convention]]<br>[[Freemasons]]
	\| species = [[Human]]		\| species = [[Human]]
	\| database = [[Database: Jacques-Louis David\|Jacques-Louis David]]}}		\| database = [[Database: Jacques-Louis David\|Jacques-Louis David]]
			}}
	'''Jacques-Louis David''' (1748 – 1825) was a famous and highly influential French painter of the Neoclassical era.		'''Jacques-Louis David''' (1748 – 1825) was a famous and highly influential French painter of the Neoclassical era.

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	AC2 - The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries.jpg\|''{{Wiki\|The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries}}'' (1812)		AC2 - The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries.jpg\|''{{Wiki\|The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries}}'' (1812)
	~~ACOD_~~-~~_Leonidas_at_Thermopylae_-_Jacques-Louis_David~~.png\|''{{Wiki\|Leonidas at Thermopylae}}'' (1814)		DTAG - Painting of Leonidas at Thermopylai.png\|''{{Wiki\|Leonidas at Thermopylae}}'' (1814)
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	The poet [[André Chénier]] despised David, considering him a "most despicable propagandist", and wrote a series of satirical poems about him called ''Le Jeu de Paume''. Infuriated, David called in favors from Robespierre and his supporters and had them take over Chénier's house and keep the poems under guard. However, Chénier sent Arno to recover them.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Vicious Verses]]</ref>		The poet [[André Chénier]] despised David, considering him a "most despicable propagandist", and wrote a series of satirical poems about him called ''Le Jeu de Paume''. Infuriated, David called in favors from Robespierre and his supporters and had them take over Chénier's house and keep the poems under guard. However, Chénier sent Arno to recover them.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Vicious Verses]]</ref>

	When Robespierre hosted the [[Festival of the Supreme Being]] at the [[Champ de Mars]] on 8 June 1794, David collaborated with opera composer {{Wiki\|François-Joseph Gossec}} and André Chénier's brother, the dramatist [[Marie-Joseph Chénier]], to organize the festivities.<ref>''Project Widow'' – "The Festival of the Supreme Being"</ref> David commissioned the construction of an artificial mountain made of plaster and cardboard, on top of which stood a 50-foot column holding a statue of [[Hercules]].<ref>[[~~User blog~~:~~Nygma PI~~/~~Ubisoft News — Assassin's Creed~~: ~~Unity~~\|~~''Cult of the Supreme Being: Revolutionaries Reinvent God'']]~~</ref>		When Robespierre hosted the [[Festival of the Supreme Being]] at the [[Champ de Mars]] on 8 June 1794, David collaborated with opera composer {{Wiki\|François-Joseph Gossec}} and André Chénier's brother, the dramatist [[Marie-Joseph Chénier]], to organize the festivities.<ref>''Project Widow'' – "The Festival of the Supreme Being"</ref> David commissioned the construction of an artificial mountain made of plaster and cardboard, on top of which stood a 50-foot column holding a statue of [[Hercules]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://assassinscreed.ubi.com/en-GB/news/news_detail.aspx?c=tcm:154-179514-16&ct=tcm:148-76770-32\|publisher=[[Ubisoft]]\|title=Eye Spy – The French Revolution and the New World Order\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023151924/http://assassinscreed.ubi.com/en-GB/news/news_detail.aspx?c=tcm:154-179514-16&ct=tcm:148-76770-32\|archivedate=23 October 2014\|accessdate=10 May 2025}}</ref>

	After [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] came to power in 1799, David aligned himself with the new regime, much as he had with Robespierre, painting the portrait ''{{Wiki\|Napoleon Crossing the Alps}}''.<ref name="ACU">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – {{Cite}}</ref> Again, in 1812, David painted [[French Empire\|Emperor]] Napoleon I in the portrait ''{{Wiki\|The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries}}''.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs\|Glyph]] #2: "Sixty-Four Squares"</ref>		After [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] came to power in 1799, David aligned himself with the new regime, much as he had with Robespierre, painting the portrait ''{{Wiki\|Napoleon Crossing the Alps}}''.<ref name="ACU">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – {{Cite}}</ref> Again, in 1812, David painted [[French Empire\|Emperor]] Napoleon I in the portrait ''{{Wiki\|The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries}}''.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs\|Glyph]] #2: "Sixty-Four Squares"</ref>
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	ACU Arno questioning Jacques-Louis David.png\|Arno Dorian interrogating Jacques-Louis while he paints		ACU Arno questioning Jacques-Louis David.png\|Arno Dorian interrogating Jacques-Louis while he paints
	Jacques-Louis David - La Mort de Marat.jpg\|''~~{{Wiki\|~~The Death of Marat}}'' (1793)		Jacques-Louis David - La Mort de Marat.jpg\|''The Death of Marat'' (1793)
	NapoleonAlps.jpg\|''~~{{Wiki\|~~Napoleon Crossing the Alps}}'' (1801)		NapoleonAlps.jpg\|''Napoleon Crossing the Alps'' (1801)
	AC2 - The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries.jpg\|''~~{{Wiki\|~~The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries}}'' (1812)		AC2 - The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries.jpg\|''The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries'' (1812)
	DTAG - Painting of Leonidas at Thermopylai.png\|''{{Wiki\|Leonidas at Thermopylae}}'' (1814)		DTAG - Painting of Leonidas at Thermopylai.png\|''{{Wiki\|Leonidas at Thermopylae}}'' (1814)
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	David actively supported the [[French Revolution]], joining the [[Jacobins\|Jacobin Club]], producing a {{wiki\|commons:File:Serment du Jeu de Paume - Jacques-Louis David.jpg\|drawing}} of the {{wiki\|Tennis Court Oath}} and befriending the noted Jacobin [[Maximilien de Robespierre]].<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Jacques-Louis David]]</ref> He also drew meetings of the club, being probably the first "photo" reporter in history.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Database: Club des Jacobins]]</ref> As Robespierre and the Jacobins came to power in 1793, the former collaborated with David to use art and culture as a political tool.<ref name="PW">''[[Project Widow]]'' – "Woe is Robespierre"</ref>		David actively supported the [[French Revolution]], joining the [[Jacobins\|Jacobin Club]], producing a {{wiki\|commons:File:Serment du Jeu de Paume - Jacques-Louis David.jpg\|drawing}} of the {{wiki\|Tennis Court Oath}} and befriending the noted Jacobin [[Maximilien de Robespierre]].<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Jacques-Louis David]]</ref> He also drew meetings of the club, being probably the first "photo" reporter in history.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Database: Club des Jacobins]]</ref> As Robespierre and the Jacobins came to power in 1793, the former collaborated with David to use art and culture as a political tool.<ref name="PW">''[[Project Widow]]'' – "Woe is Robespierre"</ref>

	After [[Louis-Michel le Peletier]] was killed in January 1793, David produced a painting of him, which the former's daughter, [[Louise-Suzanne le Peletier\|Louise-Suzanne]], would later destroy.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Database: Louise-Suzanne Le Peletier]]</ref> When the radical revolutionary [[Jean-Paul Marat]] was murdered in his bathtub by [[Charlotte Corday]] in July of that year,<ref name="TheAssassinationOfJeanPaulMarat">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[The Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat]]<ref/> David visited the scene of the crime to produce one of his most famous paintings: ''{{Wiki\|The Death of Marat}}''.<ref name="Database"/> The [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins\|French Assassin]] [[Arno Dorian]] also visited the scene to investigate the murder. On being questioned by Arno however, David brushed him off, stating that he was preoccupied with his painting.<ref name="TheAssassinationOfJeanPaulMarat"/> The painting would go on to immortalize Marat as a Jacobin martyr concerned with the safety of France.<ref>''Project Widow'' – "Marat the martyr"</ref>		After [[Louis-Michel le Peletier]] was killed in January 1793, David produced a painting of him, which the former's daughter, [[Louise-Suzanne le Peletier\|Louise-Suzanne]], would later destroy.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Database: Louise-Suzanne Le Peletier]]</ref> When the radical revolutionary [[Jean-Paul Marat]] was murdered in his bathtub by [[Charlotte Corday]] in July of that year,<ref name="TheAssassinationOfJeanPaulMarat">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[The Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat]]</ref> David visited the scene of the crime to produce one of his most famous paintings: ''{{Wiki\|The Death of Marat}}''.<ref name="Database"/> The [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins\|French Assassin]] [[Arno Dorian]] also visited the scene to investigate the murder. On being questioned by Arno however, David brushed him off, stating that he was preoccupied with his painting.<ref name="TheAssassinationOfJeanPaulMarat"/> The painting would go on to immortalize Marat as a Jacobin martyr concerned with the safety of France.<ref>''Project Widow'' – "Marat the martyr"</ref>

	The poet [[André Chénier]] despised David, considering him a "most despicable propagandist", and wrote a series of satirical poems about him called ''Le Jeu de Paume''. Infuriated, David called in favors from Robespierre and his supporters and had them take over Chénier's house and keep the poems under guard. However, Chénier sent Arno to recover them.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Vicious Verses]]</ref>		The poet [[André Chénier]] despised David, considering him a "most despicable propagandist", and wrote a series of satirical poems about him called ''Le Jeu de Paume''. Infuriated, David called in favors from Robespierre and his supporters and had them take over Chénier's house and keep the poems under guard. However, Chénier sent Arno to recover them.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Vicious Verses]]</ref>

	When Robespierre hosted the [[Festival of the Supreme Being]] at the [[Champ de Mars]] on 8 June 1794, David collaborated with opera composer {{Wiki\|François-Joseph Gossec}} and André Chénier's brother, the dramatist [[Marie-Joseph Chénier]], to organize the festivities.<ref>''Project Widow'' – "The Festival of the Supreme Being"</ref> David commissioned the construction of an artificial mountain made of plaster and cardboard, on top of which stood a 50-foot column holding a statue of [[Hercules]].<ref>[~~http~~:/~~/assassinscreed.ubi.com/en-GB/news/news_detail.aspx?c=tcm~~:~~154-177119-16&ct=tcm:148-76770-32~~ ''Cult of the Supreme Being: Revolutionaries Reinvent God'']~~{{dead link}}~~</ref>		When Robespierre hosted the [[Festival of the Supreme Being]] at the [[Champ de Mars]] on 8 June 1794, David collaborated with opera composer {{Wiki\|François-Joseph Gossec}} and André Chénier's brother, the dramatist [[Marie-Joseph Chénier]], to organize the festivities.<ref>''Project Widow'' – "The Festival of the Supreme Being"</ref> David commissioned the construction of an artificial mountain made of plaster and cardboard, on top of which stood a 50-foot column holding a statue of [[Hercules]].<ref>[[User blog:Nygma PI/Ubisoft News — Assassin's Creed: Unity\|''Cult of the Supreme Being: Revolutionaries Reinvent God'']]</ref>

	After [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] came to power in 1799, David aligned himself with the new regime, much as he had with Robespierre, painting the portrait ''{{Wiki\|Napoleon Crossing the Alps}}''.<ref name="ACU">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – {{Cite}}</ref> Again, in 1812, David painted [[French Empire\|Emperor]] Napoleon I in the portrait ''{{Wiki\|The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries}}''.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs\|Glyph]] #2: "Sixty-Four Squares"</ref>		After [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] came to power in 1799, David aligned himself with the new regime, much as he had with Robespierre, painting the portrait ''{{Wiki\|Napoleon Crossing the Alps}}''.<ref name="ACU">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – {{Cite}}</ref> Again, in 1812, David painted [[French Empire\|Emperor]] Napoleon I in the portrait ''{{Wiki\|The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries}}''.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs\|Glyph]] #2: "Sixty-Four Squares"</ref>