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What is the meaning of the painting, ‘The Death of Marat’ by Jacques-Louis David?
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The painting depicts the murder of Jean-Paul Marat, a leader of the French Revolution. Marat was a physician, writer, and politician who was assassinated by Charlotte Corday on July 13, 1793. The painting shows Marat lying on his deathbed, with a nurse holding a glass of poison in one hand and a dagger in the other. The nurse is about to stab Marat in the heart.