Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) was France’s greatest artist of his generation—a generation trampled by the French Revolution and then by Napoleon.

David acted out the raging contradictions of the human condition. He was gentle in family life and generous to his students, teaching pro bono to those who could not afford his fee, and being way ahead of his time encouraging female students. At the same time, David was a moral monster as a revolutionary politician.

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