"The death of Marat", Jacques-Louis David

13th July 1793, Paris, in the middle of the Terror after the French Revolution.
There are three protagonists: the victim, Marat; his friend, the painter, and her, the killer.
As a tribute to his friend, Jacques-Louis David made this painting.

In this post, we analyze this work and we tell you the details about this story.

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Sources: Guilhaumou, J. La mort de Marat, Brussels, Ed.Complexe, 1989

Craske, M. Art in Europe, 1700-1800, New York, Oxford, 1997

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