Leonidas at Thermopylae. Crayon manner print by N. Bertrand, 1821, after Laguiche after J.L. David.

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<p>Leonidas, king of Sparta, as the central figure in the large painting by David which was finished in 1814. He is shown at Thermopylae before the battle against the Persians, raising his eyes upwards in an expression of foreboding and summoning up courage</p>

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Leonidas at Thermopylae. Crayon manner print by N. Bertrand, 1821, after Laguiche after J.L. David.

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