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Académie d'homme, known as Hector

1778

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The story

David painted this nude study at the Villa Medici in Rome and kept it in his studio for the rest of his life. In Homer the Greeks stab Hector's corpse and Achilles drags it around Troy, yet David leaves the body flawless, since a hero must stay glorious even in death.

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Object details

Title: Académie d'homme, known as Hector
Artist: Jacques-Louis David
Date: 1778
Culture: French
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Musée Fabre, Montpellier (851.1.1)
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.1004
Original image: 1988 × 1406 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

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Jacques-Louis David. Académie d'homme, known as Hector. 1778. Musée Fabre, Montpellier (851.1.1). Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea1004/