Jean-Paul Marat
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Jean-Paul Marat was a French political theorist, physician, and scientist. A journalist and politician during the French Revolution, he was a vigorous defender of the sans-culottes, a radical voice, a
Portrait by Joseph Boze, 1793
Commemorative plaque on the house where Marat was born, in Boudry in Switzerland
Marat by Jean-François Garneray
Anonymous portrait of Marat, c. 1793 (Musée Carnavalet)
The Death of Marat
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The Death of Marat 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
Jean-Paul Marat
…prayer: "O heart of Jesus! O sacred heart of Marat." The most famous painter in Paris, Jacques-Louis David, immortalized Marat in his iconic painting The Death of Marat. David and Marat were part of the Paris Commune leadership anchored in the Cordeliers section, from where the Revolution is said to have started in…
Death of Marat by David
A copy of L’Ami du peuple stained with the blood of Marat
Detail of The Death of Marat showing the paper held in Marat's left hand. The letter reads "Il suffit que je sois bien malheureuse pour avoir droit a votre bienveillance" which translates to "It is enough that I am very unhappy to be entitled to your benevolence"
Charlotte Corday by Paul Jacques Aimé Baudry, painted 1860.