Jacques-Louis David
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Jacques-Louis David was a French painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era. In the 1780s, his cerebral brand of history painting marked a change in taste aw
Self-Portrait, 1794 (Musée du Louvre)
Portrait of David as a youth, circa 1765, by his tutor Joseph-Marie Vien
Mademoiselle Guimard as Terpsichore, 1774–1775, an early work
Equestrian portrait of Stanisław Kostka Potocki (1781)
The Death of Socrates
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The Death of Socrates is an oil on canvas painted by French painter Jacques-Louis David in 1787. The painting was part of the neoclassical style, popular in the 1780s, that depicted subjects from the
Jacques-Louis David
…This situation would be one of many that would cause him to lash out at the academy in years to come. For the Salon of 1787, David exhibited his famous Death of Socrates. "Condemned to death, Socrates, strong, calm and at peace, discusses the immortality of the soul. Surrounded by Crito, his grieving friends and students…
David The Death of Socrates
The Death of Socrates by Pierre Peyron
The Death of Socrates by Giambettino Cignaroli
The Death of Socrates by Jacques-Philip-Joseph de Saint-Quentin