The Death Of Socrates
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Artists | Jacques-Louis David |
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Dimensions | 1. 3 m x 1. 96 m |
Locations | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Created | 1777–1787 |
Periods | Neoclassicism |
Subject | Socrates |
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ID | 1211892 |
About The Death Of Socrates
The Death of Socrates is an oil on canvas painted by French painter Jacques-Louis David in 1787. The painting focuses on a classical subject like many of his works from that decade, in this case the story of the execution of Socrates as told by Plato in his Phaedo.