FILE: 03_Brutus Receiving the Bodies of His Sons_David.jpg

TITLE: painting - Brutus Receiving the Bodies of His Sons - NEOCLASSICISM

DESCRIPTION: by DAVID. Brutus was counsel of Republic of Rome. Sons plotted revolution. Brutus had them executed while he watched passively. MESSAGE: family happines should be subverted in favor of political loyalty. Voltaire wrote popular play about this.