Curator’s note

The Death of Socrates

A masterpiece of French Neoclassicism by Jacques-Louis David, showing Socrates calmly reaching for the cup of hemlock. Its clear contours and stage-like composition exalt reason and steadfast principle.

Source: Arterra 큐레이션

Date: 1787
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 51 x 77 1/4 in. (129.5 x 196.2 cm)
On view: Gallery 634

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ArtistJacques Louis David PeriodNeoclassical & Romantic CountryFrance MuseumThe Metropolitan Museum of Art

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