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|name=Jacques-Louis David | |||
|image=ACU Jacques-Louis David.png | |||
|birth=30 August 1748<br>[[Paris]], [[France|Kingdom of France]] | |||
|death=29 December 1825 {{c|aged 77}}<br>[[Brussels]], [[Netherlands|United Kingdom of the Netherlands]] | |||
|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 [[France|French]] painter of the Neoclassical era. | |||
== | ==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> | |||
{{DEFAULTSORT:David, Jacques Louis}} | 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> | |||
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}}'' 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 captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180"> | |||
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) | |||
NapoleonAlps.jpg|''Napoleon Crossing the Alps'' (1801) | |||
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) | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Appearances== | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' | |||
==References== | |||
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Latest revision as of 01:05, 14 May 2026
Jacques-Louis David (1748 – 1825) was a famous and highly influential French painter of the Neoclassical era.
Biography[edit | edit source]
David actively supported the French Revolution, joining the Jacobin Club, producing a drawing of the Tennis Court Oath and befriending the noted Jacobin Maximilien de Robespierre.[1] He also drew meetings of the club, being probably the first "photo" reporter in history.[2] As Robespierre and the Jacobins came to power in 1793, the former collaborated with David to use art and culture as a political tool.[3]
After Louis-Michel le Peletier was killed in January 1793, David produced a painting of him, which the former's daughter, Louise-Suzanne, would later destroy.[4]
When the radical revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat was murdered in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday in July 1793,[5] David visited the scene of the crime to produce one of his most famous paintings: The Death of Marat.[1] The 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.[5] The painting would go on to immortalize Marat as a Jacobin martyr concerned with the safety of France.[6]
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.[7]
When Robespierre hosted the Festival of the Supreme Being at the Champ de Mars on 8 June 1794, David collaborated with opera composer François-Joseph Gossec and André Chénier's brother, the dramatist Marie-Joseph Chénier, to organize the festivities.[8] 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.[9]
After Napoleon Bonaparte came to power in 1799, David aligned himself with the new regime, much as he had with Robespierre, painting the portrait Napoleon Crossing the Alps in 1801.[10] In 1812, David depicted Emperor Napoleon I in another portrait, The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries.[11]
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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Arno Dorian interrogating David while he paints -
The Death of Marat (1793) -
Napoleon Crossing the Alps (1801) -
The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries (1812) -
Leonidas at Thermopylae (1814)
Appearances[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed: Unity – Database: Jacques-Louis David
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – Database: Club des Jacobins
- ↑ Project Widow – "Woe is Robespierre"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – Database: Louise-Suzanne Le Peletier
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Assassin's Creed: Unity – The Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat
- ↑ Project Widow – "Marat the martyr"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – Vicious Verses
- ↑ Project Widow – "The Festival of the Supreme Being"
- ↑ Eye Spy – The French Revolution and the New World Order. Ubisoft. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved on 10 May 2025.
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – [citation needed]
- ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Glyph #2: "Sixty-Four Squares"