Curator Perrin Stein on "The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of his Sons"
by Jacques Louis David.
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Throughout 2013, The Met invited curators from across the Museum to each talk about one artwork that changed the way they see the world.
How Jacques Louis David's study of Brutus gives you permission to be subjective
"I think David got at some essential aspect of being a parent."
Perrin Stein
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Contributors
Perrin Stein
Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints
Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints
Photography by Joseph Coscia, Jr.
Jacques Louis-David: The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of his Sons
© RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY
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Jacques Louis David
1787