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The Death of Socrates, Jacques-Louis David

The Death of Socrates

Jacques-Louis David (French) (1748-1825)

Movement
Neoclassicism
Date
c. 1782
Medium
Pen and black ink, with brush and gray wash, over black chalk; lightly squared in black chalk
Dimensions
24.4 × 37.8 cm (sheet)
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0

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