The Death of Socrates — Jacques-Louis David (1787)
10″ x 8″ (Horizontal)
$39.00
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The Death of Socrates — Jacques-Louis David (1787)
$39.00
David depicted the Greek philosopher's final moments as recounted in Plato's Phaedo, choosing hemlock poisoning over renouncing his beliefs; the painting debuted at the 1787 Salon, two years before the French Revolution began.
Jacques-Louis David, 1787 — The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Honest scale — sizes listed in inches — the original is 129.5 × 196.2 cm.
- Source recorded — public-domain master scan, printed on matte stretched canvas, 0.75″ deep. Made to order.