Jacques-Louis David, The Death of Socrates


Jacques-Louis David, The Death of Socrates, 1787, oil on canvas, 129.5 x 196.2 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)


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Cite this page as: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker, "Jacques-Louis David, The Death of Socrates," in Smarthistory, October 26, 2022, accessed March 19, 2024, https://smarthistory.org/jacques-louis-david-the-death-of-socrates/.