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The Death of Socrates
Painting ID:: 85414
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Jacques-Louis David
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Jacques-Louis David, France Neoclassicism painter, b.1748 - d.1835. Jacques-Louis David is famous for his huge, dramatic canvasses of Napoleon and other historical figures, including Oath of the Horatii (1784), Death of Marat (1793) and The Sabine Women (1799). Early in his career he was a leader in the neoclassical movement; later his subjects became more modern and political. David was himself active in the French Revolution as a supporter of Robespierre and is sometimes called the chief propagandist for the Revolution; after the Reign of Terror ended he was briefly imprisoned for his actions. When Napoleon took power David became his court painter and created several grand canvasses of the Emperor, including the heroic Napoleon Bonaparte Crossing the Alps (1801) and the enormous Coronation of Napoleon and Josephine (1807). |
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The Death of Socrates |
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Date 1787
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 130 x 196 cm
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Related Paintings::.
| Fresco in the main hall of the Hunting Baths at Lepcis Magna | Madonna and Child with Sts Anthony Abbott and Bernardino of Siena | Entry of Charles VIII into Florence | |
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