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Page iii Broken Tablets The Cult of the Law in French Art from David To Delacroix Jonathan P. Ribner UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley Los Angeles Oxford

Page iv The publisher gratefully acknowledges the contribution provided by the Art Book Endowment Fund of the Associates of the University of California Press, which is supported by a major gift of the Ahmanson Foundation University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd Oxford, England 1993 by The Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ribner, Jonathan P Broken tablets. the cult of the law in French art from David to Delacroix / Jonathan P Ribner p cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-520-07749-0 1 Arts, French 2 Arts, Modern19th century France 3 Law art 4 Arts Political aspects France 1 Title NX549 AIR5 1993 700' 1'03dc20 92-23046 CIP Printedthe United States of America 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The paper usedthis publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39 48-1984

Page v For Beth and Alex

Page vii Il faudrait des dieux pour donner des lois aux hommes. ROSSEAU, The Social Contract

Page ix Contents List of Illustrations xi Acknowledgments xxi Introduction 1 1. The Revolutionary Cult of Law 6 2. Legislative Imagery under Napoleon 29 3. Legislative Imagery under the Bourbon Restoration 50 4. Law and Disorder under Louis-Philippe 70 5. The Swansong of Legislation: The Palais-Bourbon Library 98 6. The Romantic Moses 138 Epilogue: Twilight of the Rights of Man 156 Notes 163 Selected Bibliography 197 Index 209 Photographic Credits 221

Page xi Illustrations Plates Following Page 64 1 J.-L. David, The Tennis Court Oath, Salon of 1791. Louvre, Paris (on long-term loan to the Muse National du Chteau de Versailles) 2. Insignia of National Legislative Assembly, 1792. Cabinet des Mdailles, Bibliothque Nationale, Paris 3. Copper-bound volume of the Constitution of 1791, vandalized in 1793 (AEI9, no. 2). Archives Nationales, Paris 4. J.-L. David, Napoleon in His Study, 1812. National Gallery of Art, Samuel H. Kress Collection, Washington 5. J.-B. Mauzaisse, Divine Wisdom Giving the Laws to the Kings and Legislators, 1827. Louvre, Paris 6. E. Delacroix, study for The Emperor Justinian Drafting His Laws, 186-27. Muse des Arts Dcoratifs, Paris 7. E. Delacroix, Attila, Followed by His Barbarian Hordes, Tramples Italy and the Arts. Palais-Bourbon, Paris

Page xii 8. E. Delacroix, Numa and Egeria. Palais-Bourbon, Paris 9. J.-E Millet, Self-Portrait as Moses, 1841. Muse Thomas Henry, Cherbourg Figures 1. H. Daumier, The Legislative Belly, 1834. Bibliothque Nationale, Paris 3 2. L. Laurent after J.-J.-E Lebarbier, Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, c. 1793. Bibliothque Nationale, Paris 11 3. J.-B.-M. Louvion, The Dagger of Patriots Is the Axe of the Law, c. 1793. Bibliothque Nationale, Paris 12 4. L.-J. Allais, print commemorating the Festival of Unity and Indivisibility, 1793. Bibliothque Nationale, Paris 13 5. P.-M. Alix after Boissier, The Triumph of the Mountain, c. 1794. Bibliothque Nationale, Paris

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