The Funeral of Patroclus

Jacques-Louis David, 1778, National Gallery of Ireland

‘The Funeral of Patroclus’ is a work by Jacques-Louis David (France, 1748–1825). It is dated 1778. It is part of the collection National Gallery of Ireland. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Neoclassicism’.

It is made of oil paint. It measures 94 × 218 cm. The work belongs to the genre mythological painting. The things depicted include funeral of Patroclus.