The oath of Harati by Jaques David.

This particular neoclassical painting upon first glance seems to be of swords being held away from the three warriors while with further inspections, is nothing of the sort. The faces of the three men share a likeness that rarely occurs outside of siblings; the skin tones, the noses both point toward close relations. There is no malice upon the men's faces and the arm being wrapped around the foremost man suggests a companionship as well. The stances of their feet point toward deference to the man holding the sword while the spear on the far left is held loosely and out of the way threateningly. Also a thing to point out is the open palm the man to the right is holding out with his right hand infers a sense of power over the three. Then I can glance to the far right of the painting and I see not women cowering, but women and children resting in exhaustion . This is not a direct scene of war, but of what I would assume to be a father giving his sons their weapons for the defense of his family.