XNT365062 The Death of Cleonice (oil on canvas mounted on wood)The by David, Jacques Louis (1748-1825); 28 x 37 cm; Musee des Beaux-Arts, Nantes, France; (add.info.: La Mort de Cleonice; Pausanias (d. 470 BC): nephew of Spartan King Leonidas and general of Spartan army at battle of Plataea in 479 BC; forced young maiden, Cleonice, to sleep with him and when entering his bedroom by mistake she knocked over a lamp; he thought she was attacking him and killed her; for the rest of his life he was haunted by nightmares because of this tragic error;); French, out of copyright.