Question

Look at the painting The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons by Jacques-Louis David (1789). The most likely message this painting sends to French citizens is that

A. one must be prepared to sacrifice their own children to preserve France.
B.l

oyalty to one’s country stops short of sacrificing one’s own children.
C. brutality is an integral part of revolution and the Reign of Terror.
D. no one is immune to death, not even the leaders of the revolution.

Answer 1

one must be prepared to sacrifice their own children to preserve France.

Answer 2

The correct answer is A. “one must be prepared to sacrifice their own children to preserve France.” This painting was shown once the French Revolution began. Its title, according to many historians, was Brutus returning home after having pass judgment his sons for conspiracy a Tarquinian renovation and conspiring against roman freedom, the Lictors burnt their bodies to be buried. Brutus was a roman leader whose sons were rebels against the government of Rome, and he decided to defend the city instead of his sons, sending them to death. In the picture there are the mother, two daughter and Brutus alone. The picture represents a republican symbol and patriotism during the French Revolution.