David’s Oath of the Horatii was the painting that initially inspired the Lebowski Cycle, for reasons I explained in my first post on the series. It was also the first one I started painting after I planned the series and stretched all the canvases, so it has undergone a lot of changes in the four years it’s been on and off the easel.

Oath of the Horatii Jacques-Louis David 1784 Oil on canvas 326 cm × 420 cm (128" × 165") Louvre, Paris
I’ll post more about the process soon, but wanted to get this up on the blog.
Below is an early sketch playing with the rhythms of the compostion, and the overall palette of the painting.
This is a masterpiece! I love it. Glad to see it’s done.
So awesome… I love to buy this painting if I have money…
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