French painter Jacques-Louis David

Jacques-Louis David, Self-portrait (1794), oil on canvas painting, size 80.5 cm x 64.1 cm, located at Louvre Museum, Paris, France.

Equestrian portrait of Stanisław Kostka Potocki (the Polish patron, politician and writer), oil on canvas painting by Jacques-Louis David located at Museum Palace at Wilanów, Warsaw.

The Love of Helen and Paris (detail of a 1788 oil on canvas painting) by Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), size 146 cm x 181 cm, from the former collection of the Comte d'Artois (later Charles X of France), seized during the French Revolution, located in Louvre Museum, Paris.

Cupid and Psyche (1817) painting by Jacques-Louis David located at Cleveland Museum of Art.

French painter Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), known for his mastery of the Neoclassical style, marked a change in taste away from Rococo frivolity towards classical austerity and severity in the 1780s with his history paintings. David was an active supporter of the French Revolution and a friend of Robespierre. After Robespierre's fall from power he was imprisoned, but he aligned himself with Napoleon I, upon his release from prison. David had a large number of pupils, making him the strongest influence in French art of the early 19th century.

Some of the much-acclaimed works of Jacques-Louis David include, The Death of Socrates (1787), Portrait of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and his wife (1788), The Death of Marat (1793), The Intervention of the Sabine Women (1799), Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass (1801), Portrait of Pope Pius VII (1805), The Coronation of Napoleon (1806), Napoleon in His Study (1812), and Mars Being Disarmed by Venus and the Three Graces (1824), which is considered as David's last major work.

A Greek Mythological Scene by Guercino

A Mythological Scene, Chronos Admonishes Eros in the presence of Aphrodite and Mars (Cena Mitológica - Cronos Admoesta Eros na Presença de Afrodite e Ares) oil on canvas painting created between 1624 and1626, dimensions 127 cm x 173.4 cm (50.00 in x 68.27 in), presently located in São Paulo Museum of Art, São Paulo, Brazil. Though the painting was traditionally attributed to Guercino (1591-1651), now most art historians ascribe it to his workshop.

Mars Being Disarmed by Venus

‘Mars Being Disarmed by Venus’ is the last painting by the French painter Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825). Beginning in 1822 (age 73) during his exile in Brussels he completed it three years later before dying in an accident in 1825. He sent it to an exhibition in Paris from his exile. In 2007 it was displayed in the main hall of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels.

At over 3 m (10 ft) height, its setting is surrealistic with a temple floating in the clouds. Venus, the goddess of love, and her followers, the three Graces and Cupid, are shown taking away the weapons, helmet, shield and armour of Mars the God of War, who allows to be disarmed and gives in to Venus's charms. Also being shown in the painting are The Three Graces.