Quote of the day
In all works on Natural History, we constantly find details of the marvellous adaptation of animals to their food, their habits, and the localities in which they are found.
Jacques-Louis David
Born: August 30, 1748
Died: December 29, 1825 (aged 77)
Bio: Jacques-Louis David was a French painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era.
Known for:
- The Death of Marat (1793)
- Oath of the Horatii (1784)
- The Death of Socrates (1787)
- Napoleon Crossing the Alps (1805)
- The Coronation of Napoleon (1807)