The death of Marat

Date: 1793
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
Dimensions: 165 x 128

It is the significant and dramatic light, which underlines a drama of this painting. The upper part of the image is dark, and shows a bright and in detail depicted body. The atmosphere is turbulent and emotional. This work is full of emotion and respect for the victim. In its time it was considered as a symbol of the revolution. Jacques-Louis David depicted his friend, the legendary figure of the French Revolution, Jean-Paul Marat. He suffered from a skin disease, for which treatment he often laid in the bath. Sitting in bath he also worked and received visitors and during one such visit he was murdered by royalist Marie Charlotte Corday. Marat is holding a pen, with which he intended to write a response to a letter in his right hand. The letter sent by Marat murderer to reach him. "From Marie Anne Charlotte Corday to Citizen Marat. Due to my terrible fate, I would like to take advantage of your kindness ..." stand inside it. David had been firstly very involved during the revolution and he received several offices, but after his arrest and release, he left off all public life and just painted a few canvases with the theme of revolution.

David painted picture The death of Marat in 1793. Prevailing color of this fine art print is brown and its shape is portrait. Original size is 165 x 128. This art piece is located in Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825). French painter. David lived in a time of political turmoil that affected not only our existence, but also his paintings. Indeed, they predetermined the motives of his paintings. He adapted to the times – during the monarchy, he painted members of the royal family, during the revolutionary republic and in the era of the French Empire, he made portraits of Napoleon. He was attracted by the ideal of beauty of ancient art, and he subordinated his composition and sophistication to this ideal. His work is accurate, error-free, compositionally and technically perfect. He uses light and colour curtly. His paintings helped establish the French Classicist school and became a precursor of romanticism.