The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished)

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The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished) is an ambitious, never-completed history painting by Jacques-Louis David depicting a pivotal moment of unity and defiance during the early French Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf history painting
oil painting
artisticStyle classical figure drawing
dramatic lighting
monumental composition
commissionedBy Jacobin Club
Society of Friends of the Constitution
commissionedIn 1790
countryOfOrigin France
creator Jacques-Louis David
currentCity Paris
currentLocation Musée Carnavalet
depicts French Revolution
National Assembly of France
Tennis Court Oath
depictsEventDate 20 June 1789
depictsFigure Antoine Barnave
Armand-Gaston Camus
Dominique Joseph Garat
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès
Guillaume-Joseph Chabroud
Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
Isaac Le Chapelier
Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne
Jean-Sylvain Bailly
Martin-Dauch
Maximilien Robespierre
members of the Third Estate
monks of the clergy
some liberal nobles
depictsSymbol raised hands in oath
storm and wind entering through windows
tricolour cockade
unity of the three estates
genre Neoclassicism
hasPart architectural background of the tennis court
figures at windows and galleries
group of clergy and nobles joining the oath
large central crowd scene
inception 1790
inspiredBy Tennis Court Oath of 20 June 1789
languageOfInscription French
locationDepicted Salle du Jeu de Paume, Versailles
medium oil on canvas
movement Neoclassical art
linked to: Neoclassicism
significance iconic representation of early French Revolutionary ideals
major work in Jacques-Louis David’s revolutionary period
status unfinished
subject political unity and defiance against royal authority

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Jacques-Louis David notableWork The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished)
French Revolution keyEvent Tennis Court Oath
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The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished) depicts Tennis Court Oath
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The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished) inspiredBy Tennis Court Oath of 20 June 1789
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Estates-General of 1789 ledTo Tennis Court Oath
linked to: The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished)
Estates-General of 1789 relatedEvent Tennis Court Oath
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Martin-Dauch opposedTo Tennis Court Oath
linked to: The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished)
Salle du Jeu de Paume, Versailles significantEvent Tennis Court Oath
linked to: The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished)
Salle du Jeu de Paume, Versailles hasArtwork painting "Le Serment du Jeu de Paume" by Jacques-Louis David (unfinished original project)
linked to: The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished)
Antoine Barnave participatedIn Tennis Court Oath
linked to: The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished)
Royal Edict of Louis XVI (1789) relatedEvent Tennis Court Oath
subject linked to: royal edict of Louis XVI
linked to: The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished)
Third Estate associatedEvent Tennis Court Oath
linked to: The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished)
John Ashbery notableWork The Tennis Court Oath
linked to: The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished)
National Assembly (French Revolution) significantEvent Tennis Court Oath
subject linked to: National Assembly
linked to: The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished)