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1787 · Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Death of Socrates

Jacques-Louis DavidWikidata

painting by Jacques-Louis David

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Date
1787Wikidata
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1787
Medium
Oil on canvasThe Met
Wikidata: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions
129.5 × 196.2 cmThe Met
Wikidata: 129.5 × 196.2 cm
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art, ManhattanWikidata
Gallery
634The Met
Movement
Neoclassical painting, academic artWikidata
Genre
history paintingWikidata
Materials
oil paint, canvasWikidata
Inventory no.
31.45Wikidata
Credit line
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1931The Met
Exhibitions
  • Salon of 1787
  • Jacques-Louis David
  • Baudelaire
  • David et ses élèves
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Provenance

Where it has been

  1. Dates unknown
    Charles-Louis Trudaine de Montigny
    medium confidenceWikidata · owned by
  2. 1809 –
    Olivier de Saint-Georges de Vérac
    high confidenceWikidata · owned by
  3. Dates unknown
    Adolphe de Rougé
    medium confidenceWikidata · owned by
  4. 1872 –
    Marius Bianchi
    high confidenceWikidata · owned by
  5. 1931 –
    Metropolitan Museum of Art
    high confidenceWikidata · collection
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