The Death of Marat
Title
The Death of Marat
Description
This famous depiction of Marat’s assassination (1793) is by the unofficial (and sometimes official) artist of the French Revolution, Jacques–Louis David, a leading exponent of the neoclassical style. Scholars have seen this vision as a revolutionary pietà because of the repose of the corpse, so different from that of a normal body in a stage of rigor mortis. David also planned Marat’s funeral on behalf of the government.
Source
Musée d'art ancien of Brussels, Belgium, no. 3261.
Date
1793-07-14
Relation
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/632/
Identifier
632
Citation
“The Death of Marat,” LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY: EXPLORING THE FRENCH REVOUTION, accessed November 23, 2024, https://revolution.chnm.org/d/632.