David, Jacques-Louis David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825). French painter, one of the central figures of Neoclassicism. Photographs by Mark Harden and Carol Gerten-Jackson. He had his first training with Boucher, a distant relative, but Boucher realized that their temperaments were opposed and sent David to Vien. David went to Italy with the latter in 1776, Vien having been appointed director of the ...

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