Ultra HD Master (3 896 × 2 559 px)
Neoclassicism
1787
The Death of Socrates
Original title: La Mort de Socrate
Jacques-Louis David
Museum Provenance & Technical Data
Medium / Support:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
129.5 cm × 196.2 cm
Date of Creation:
1787
Scan Resolution:
3 896 × 2 559 px
Archive File Size:
2.0 MB
Permanent Collection:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
Historical Narrative
The philosopher Socrates sits upright on his prison bed calmly reaching for a cup of hemlock poison while lecturing his grieving disciples.
Visual & Curatorial Analysis
"A quintessential masterpiece of Neoclassical geometric rigor, stoicism, and intellectual courage on the eve of the French Revolution."
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