# The Death of Socrates, in Jacques-Louis David

Jacques-Louis David painted this in 1787, aged 39. It is now at The Met in New York.

Our note:

> Condemned by Athens for impiety and corrupting the young, the philosopher Socrates reaches for the cup of hemlock while continuing to teach, one finger raised as he speaks of the immortality of the soul.

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## The work

- Date: 1787
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 51 x 77 1/4 in. (129.5 x 196.2 cm)
- Type: Paintings
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 31.45
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Jacques-Louis David](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/jacques-louis-david), French, 1748–1825

David was the leading painter of French Neoclassicism. After winning the Prix de Rome he studied antiquity in Italy, and in the 1780s produced severe, moralising history paintings such as The Oath of the Horatii and The Death of Socrates.

4 works in the collection.

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