Which French artist (1748-1825) painted The Death of Marat?
The Death of Marat part of his "Pictures of Garbage" series. The Death of Marat The Death of Marat ( or "Marat Assassiné") is a 1793 painting by Jacques-Louis David of the murdered French revolutionary leader Jean-Paul Marat. It is one of the most famous images of the French Revolution. David was the leading French painter, as well as a Montagnard and a member of the revolutionary Committee of General Security. The painting shows the radical journalist lying dead in his bath on July 13, 1793 after his murder by Charlotte Corday. Painted in the months after Marat's murder, it has been described by
The Death of Marat photograph in the forensic scientific sense and barely the simple image it may seem (for instance, in the painting, the knife is not to be seen where Corday had left it impaled in Marat's chest, but on the ground, beside the bathtub). "The Death of Marat" has often been compared to "Michelangelo's Pietà". Note the elongated arm hanging down in both works. David admired Caravaggio's works, especially "Entombment of Christ", which mirrors "The Death of Marat"'s drama and light. David sought to transfer the sacred qualities long associated with the monarchy and the Catholic Church to the new French Republic.