Talk:Horatii and Curiatii

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"The legend might have been used as the reason why the condemned in Rome were allowed to appeal to the populace." I think this needs a citation. It seems like the author's idle speculation. 69.124.42.182 02:16, 14 June 2007 (UTC) Alex

"The last of the Horatii, Publius..." "When the victorious Horatius returned carrying the spoils of victory..." Which one is it? Publius or Horatius? 24.58.157.2 (talk) 06:11, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Horatii is the plural for Horatius, it was the name of their family. So in this case "the victorious Horatius" means Publius Horatius. Not to be confused with Publius Horatius Cocles, (probably) his descendant some generations later. --131.188.3.21 (talk) 23:58, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Error in image attribution
In the specs for the image/painting, the "current location" is given as"Louvre, Paris." This was no doubt true when the photographer took the picture, but in fact this painting is owned by the Toledo Museum of Art in Toledo, Ohio, USA. It was on loan to the Louvre for some months, but is now (as of March, 2011) back in its permanent home in Toledo. It is certainly misleading to still list this famous painting as in the Louvre, where any interested visitors will look for it in vain.Billcito (talk) 03:05, 26 March 2011 (UTC)


 * The Toledo painting is a smaller copy the same artist painted of his monumental original, with a significant amount of help from his student Girodet. The original still hangs in the Grande Gallery of the Louvre. The copy is, of course, also an original David, since it was painted under the supervision of David himself. It was commissioned by a wealthy courtier who specifically asked David to create a copy his own original work. The Toledo copy can be easily distinguished from the Paris original by the brighter colors (especially in the arches in the background) and the presence of a spindle on the ground at the women's feet. The Wikimedia Commons contains images of both paintings, and either one would be appropriate to illustrate this article, but Billcito is correct that the version with the spindle should not be cited as if it were the one in the Louvre. --NikolaiSmith (talk) 20:24, 24 April 2014 (UTC)