Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator (born 1748)

Jacques-Louis David was a French painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era. In the 1780s, his cerebral brand of history painting marked a change in taste away from Rococo frivolity toward classical austerity, severity, and heightened feeling, which harmonized with the moral climate of the final years of the Ancien Régime.

December 29 is the 363rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; two days remain until the end of the year.