Focus on Oath of the Horatii and analyze the Reception.
David first exhibited the painting in Rome, where even the Pope requested a viewing.The painting was exhibited in France at the Salon of 1785, but it was delivered late. David's enemies at the Academy took advantage of the delay to exhibit the painting in a poor locale in the gallery. The public's dissatisfaction with the painting's poor viewing conditions obliged the gallery to move it to a more prominent location.
Rome