Abstract
Of all the paintings executed by Jacques-Louis David, probably the best known is the Oath of the Horatii (Fig. 1). During its day it created a tremendous stir among both amateur art lovers and critics. While there have been papers written on the origins of the theme of the Oath of the Horatii and the handling of the composition, the evolution of the painting from its genesis to its completion has not as yet been thoroughly investigated. The rational, creative, and thinking processes of this famous Neoclassic French painter are significant. In the present paper we shall attempt to study the reasons for the successive changes David made in the preliminary sketches of the work.
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