The work of JL David is so much a part of our general knowledge – the thumbnail sketch of Marie Antoinette on her way to the guillotine, Marat lying stabbed in his bathtub, Napoleon commanding on his white steed. But who was David the man? His own life was as dramatic as his painting. From a leader of the French Revolution to one of its prisoners, from royal court painter to impoverished exile, David lived and chronicled an epoch period and heralded the neo-classical age in art. Join Nancy Maxwell in this special art history-themed lecture during our annual Summer Reading Program!

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