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Look at the painting The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons by Jacques-Louis David (1789). A painting by Jacques-Louis David titled The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons.It shows men entering a home carrying a stretcher with a dead man on it. In the house, Brutus sits in the shadows, turned away from the stretcher. His wife and 2 daughters appear shocked and overcome with grief. The most likely message this painting sends to French citizens is that

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You forgot to include the painting and the options for this question. However, doing some research, we can say the following.

The most likely message this painting sends to French citizens is that "one must be prepared to sacrifice their own children to preserve France."

The painting describes the scene when Brutus, a Roman official, had to defend Rome against the rebels. Among those rebels were the Brutus's sons. So Brutus had to make a decision. To defend their own sons or fight to defend his own nation. Brutus chose the second one.

In the painting, we can see Brutus and family members mourning the death of the sons.