ABSTRACT
Figure 1 The Tennis Court Oath (detail). Jacques-Louis David became an increasingly enthusiastic supporter of the Revolution. Here he has immortalised the signing of the Tennis Court Oath in June 1789 by the new ‘National Assembly’ presided over by Bailly. In the foreground, the abbé Grégoire embraces the Catholic monk Dom Gerle and the Protestant pastor Rabant St-Etienne. Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France.
