The Death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David
The Death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David
Jacque-Louis David The Death of Socrates Art Print

Jacques-Louis David The Death of Socrates Art Print (CN15311)

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ABOUT THIS PIECE Jacques-Louis David's The Death of Socrates was created in 1787 and the painting is in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The original size of the work is 130 x 197 cm and is made of oil on canvas. The Greek philosopher Socrates (469–399 BCE) was convicted of impiety by the Athenian courts; rather than renounce his beliefs, he died willingly, expounding on the immortality of the soul before drinking poisonous hemlock. Through a network of gestures and expressions, David’s figures act out the last moments of Socrates’s life. He is about to grasp the cup of hemlock, offered by a disciple who cannot bear to witness the event. David consulted antiquarian scholars to create an archeologically exacting image, including details of furniture and clothing. The Artist: Jacques-Louis David (1748 – 1825) was a French painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era. In the 1780s his cerebral brand of history painting marked a change in taste away from Rococo frivolity toward classical austerity and severity and heightened feeling, harmonizing with the moral climate of the final years of the Ancien Régime.

 
TECHNICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRODUCT Art Movement: Neoclassicism Location and reference: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

 
To create this canvas print, the image is printed directly onto an artist-grade 100 % cotton canvas. Our Giclee Museum Quality Prints use inks resistant to fading and allow the tonalities and hues of the Original Painting. Finished with a suitable colored portion in addition to the size, this canvas print provides an artistic look with depth and texture. art prints on canvas stretched and rolled
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Mixed Dark
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