Leonidas at Thermopylae
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Leonidas at Thermopylae is an 1814 painting by Jacques-Louis David
now on show at the Louvre
. It shows the Spartan king Leonidas prior to the Battle of Thermopylae
. David's pupil Georges Rouget
collaborated on it.
Jacques-Louis David
Jacques-Louis David was an influential French painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era...
now on show at the Louvre
Louvre
The Musée du Louvre – in English, the Louvre Museum or simply the Louvre – is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement...
. It shows the Spartan king Leonidas prior to the Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Thermopylae
The Battle of Thermopylae was fought between an alliance of Greek city-states, led by King Leonidas of Sparta, and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I over the course of three days, during the second Persian invasion of Greece. It took place simultaneously with the naval battle at Artemisium, in August...
. David's pupil Georges Rouget
Georges Rouget
Georges Rouget was a neoclassical French painter.- Life :After studying in the école des beaux-arts, Rouget entered David's studio in 1797 and rapidly became his favourite student...
collaborated on it.