Jacques-Louis David

Considered the father of the French School, revered for breathing new life into painting, David produced imagery that to this day inhabits the collective imagination. From The Death of Marat to Napoleon Crossing the Alps and The Coronation of Napoleon, his paintings are the filter through which we picture the great moments of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Empire, while his portraits bring to life the society of this period.

To mark the bicentennial of his death in exile in Brussels in 1825, the Musée du Louvre is offering a new perspective on a figure and body of work of extraordinary richness and diversity. The exhibition spans the long career of an artist who witnessed six different political regimes and actively participated in the French Revolution. It gathers 100 works on special loan, including the imposing, incomplete Tennis Court Oath, and the original version of his masterpiece, the celebrated Death of Marat.

The exhibition runs from October 15, 2025 – January 26, 2026 at the Musee de Louvre, 99 rue di Rivoli, Paris, France, 75001.

For more information, please click here. 

For events and exhbitions please visit the ARC Calendar.