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Artists and Models
Season 1 · Episode 1
The Passing Show
0.01h 16mFebruary 12, 1986
From the last decadent days of the old monarchy through the Revolution and the rise and fall of Napoleon, the arts in France are dominated by one man: the mysterious figure of Jacques-Louis David. He is the greatest painter of his day, an ardent revolutionary – and a leading figure in Robespierre's secret police.