02 Paintings, Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David and Julie Roberts, with footnotes

Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825
Death of Marat, c. 1793

Oil on canvas
height: 165 cm (64.9 in); width: 128 cm (50.3 in)
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

The Death of Marat (La Mort de Marat or Marat Assassiné) is a 1793 painting by Jacques-Louis David depicting the artist’s friend and murdered French revolutionary leader, Jean-Paul Marat. One of the most famous images from the era of the French Revolution…”

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