This painting’s artist spread rumors 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 (15[1])a later, smaller version of this painting (-5[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 who arrives carrying objects 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 artist may have been inspired by friezes at Pompeii (10[1])to depict the flowing robes of a man who holds a spear behind his back. A group of weeping women (10[1])on this painting’s right look away from its central scene. For 10 points, a Roman father holds up three swords to his sons in what (10[1])painting by Jacques-Louis David? ■END■