The Death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David

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The Death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David is a renowned 1787 Neoclassical painting that dramatically depicts the philosopher Socrates calmly preparing to drink hemlock as a symbol of moral integrity and devotion to reason.

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instanceOf Neoclassical painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artStyle classical composition ⓘ
linear style ⓘ
artworkType oil on canvas ⓘ
basedOn Apology of Socrates ⓘ
Crito ⓘ
Phaedo ⓘ
collection The Metropolitan Museum of Art European Paintings collection ⓘ
colorPalette restrained palette ⓘ
commissionedBy Charles-Michel Trudaine de la Sablière ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
creator Jacques-Louis David ⓘ
depicts Crito ⓘ
Plato ⓘ
Socrates ⓘ
Socrates drinking hemlock ⓘ
cup of hemlock ⓘ
disciples of Socrates ⓘ
prison cell ⓘ
the death of Socrates ⓘ
exhibitedAt Salon of 1787 ⓘ
genre history painting ⓘ
height 129.5 cm ⓘ
historicalEventDepicted execution of Socrates ⓘ
iconography Socrates pointing upward ⓘ
Socrates reaching for the cup ⓘ
weeping disciples ⓘ
inception 1787 ⓘ
influencedBy ancient Greek art ⓘ
classical philosophy ⓘ
languageOfTitle French ⓘ
location The Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ
mainSubject devotion to reason ⓘ
moral integrity ⓘ
philosophical martyrdom ⓘ
materialUsed oil paint ⓘ
movement Neoclassicism ⓘ
museumCity New York City ⓘ
museumCountry United States ⓘ
notableFor dramatic yet restrained composition ⓘ
emphasis on moral virtue and reason ⓘ
originalTitle La Mort de Socrate ⓘ
philosophicalTheme conflict between individual conscience and the state ⓘ
rational acceptance of death ⓘ
surface canvas ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted Classical Athens ⓘ
width 196.2 cm ⓘ

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Metropolitan Museum of Art → notableWorkHeld → The Death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David ⓘ
The Death of Socrates → depicts → the death of Socrates ⓘ
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