Question

This painting’s artist spread rumors that he was murdered by bandits while traveling from Rome to extend this painting’s viewing time at the Salon. A museum in Toledo, Ohio contains a later, smaller version of this painting (15[1])that shows a spool of thread at the feet of a woman in a blue headband. This painting’s imagery was inspired by a side character in a play by Corneille (-5[1])who arrives while carrying objects (-5[2])that serve as this painting’s vanishing point. This painting’s setting in a (*) closed courtyard is dominated by three large arches. (10[1])This painting’s (-5[1])artist (10[3])may have been inspired by friezes at Pompeii (10[1])to depict (10[1])the flowing (-5[1])robes (-5[1])of a man (-5[1])who holds a spear behind his back. A group of weeping women (10[1])on this painting’s (10[1])right (10[1])look away (10[1])from its central scene. (10[1])For 10 points, a Roman (10[1])father (10[1])holds up (10[1])three swords (10[1])to (10[1])his sons (10[2])in what painting by (10[1])Jacques-Louis David? ■END■ (10[3]0[2])

ANSWER: The Oath of the Horatii [or Le Serment des Horaces]
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