# Loveless Disarming Himself

- By: Jacques Louis David (after Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748-1825))
- Date: after 1824
- Medium: Lithograph in black on white wove paper
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: 25.7 × 39.4 cm (10 1/8 × 15 9/16 in.)
- Culture: France
- Credit line: John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/40085)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/8f89f021-77ce-ceb6-cf2d-b3b24ab6f9ad/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The satirical target of this unruly lithograph is Jacques-Louis David’s final history painting, Mars Disarmed by Venus and the Three Graces (1824; Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels). The god of war in David’s composition has been transformed into a weary French officer, the nubile goddesses into prostitutes pilfering his battle gear, and the classical, cloud-borne couch into a cheap brothel. As an additional insult, the sign at right offers “Bierre de Mars,” a spring brew rumored to inspire military volunteers.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0