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  1. The Death of Marat (French: La Mort de Marat or Marat Assassiné) is a 1793 painting by Jacques-Louis David depicting the artist's friend and murdered French revolutionary leader, Jean-Paul Marat. One of the most famous images from the era of the French Revolution , it was painted when David was the leading French Neoclassical painter, a ...

  2. Feb 17, 2023 · The Death of Marat (1793) by Jacques-Louis David was painted in a manner to show the Jacobin Jean-Paul Marat as a so-called martyr, notably of the French Revolution. He was assassinated by Charlotte Corday, who was part of the opposite political group the Girondins. Alicia du Plessis is a multidisciplinary writer.

    • Alicia du Plessis
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  3. Apr 29, 2024 · The Death of Marat, oil painting (1793) by French artist Jacques-Louis David depicting the assassination of Jean-Paul Marat, a radical activist of the French Revolution, by Charlotte Corday, a supporter of the opposing political party. With The Death of Marat, David transformed traditional history.

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  5. May 16, 2019 · The Painting. Jacques-Louis David, “The Death of Marat,” 1793 (Photo: Wikimedia Commons Public Domain) David completed The Death of the Marat in his signature Neoclassical style. The piece depicts Marat moments after his murder, as he is shown slumped over his blood-soaked bathtub with quill still in hand. Like other Neoclassical paintings ...

    • Jacques-Louis David
    • Death of Marat
    • Oil on canvas
    • 1793
  6. Dec 6, 2023 · In Death of Marat, 1793, an idealized image of David’s slain friend, Marat, is shown holding his murderess’s (Charlotte Corday) letter of introduction. Detail, Jacques-Louis David, Death of Marat , 1793, oil on canvas, 165 x 128 cm (Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Brussels; photo: Steven Zucker , CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

  7. Jacques-Louis David, Death of Marat, 1793, oil on canvas, 165 x 128 cm (Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Brussels; photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Marat and Christ Jacques Louis David, The Death of Socrates, 1787, oil on canvas, 129.5 x 196.2 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art; photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

  8. Oct 14, 2023 · The Death of Marat is a 128 x 165cm oil on canvas painting. Jacques Louis David was a Neoclassical artist, so one would have expected something that made reference to classical antiquity or the Romans. However, he took a very different direction with The Death of Marat. In essence, it is the painting of a contemporary subject in a contemporary ...

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