Muerte de jean paul marat biography
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Jacques Louis David’s Death of Marat
Jacques Louis David’s, Death of Marat, was a ground breaking painting of the assassination of Jean-Paul Marat, the radical revolutionary who condemned thousands to the scaffold during France’s Reign of Terror. Capturing the quiet moment just after Marat’s murder, David transforms the terrorist, Marat, into a noble martyr and rallying symbol for the Revolution. A skillful piece of propaganda for the new government, this painting was celebrated when first displayed. Quickly, however, the political tides turned, and the painting became a source of shame and was hidden away, first by David, and then by his descendants.
Who was Jacques Louis David?
David was a classically trained, French painter who is most noted for popularizing the Neoclassical style, and for signing the death warrant of King Louis XVI. One of the most politically active artists of all time, David’s life would include revolutionizing art, partici
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Since 1893, the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium own Jacques Louis David's masterpiece "The death of Marat" (1793). In order to bear witness to the central position of this painting in the advent of modern art, the Royal Museums dedicate an exhibition to this masterpiece of our collections . For the first time, we are offering an unprecedented approach to David's artwork bygd combining both historical and contemporary views, as well as a scientific approach by presenting to the public of the results of a research campaign that involved laboratory analyses.
The exhibition fryst vatten structured in three sections giving the public an new understanding of David's work. The first scientific section presents the results of the material and technical pluridisciplinary study entitled "Face to Face" conducted on "The death of Marat", which reveals for the first time the underlying sketch of the masterpiece. This research, carried out bygd the europeisk Centre for Archaeometry of the University
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The Death of Marat.
label QS:Les,"La muerte de Marat."
label QS:Lfr,"Marat, Martyr de la Revolution."
label QS:Len,"The Death of Marat."
label QS:Lde,"Der Tod des Marat."
label QS:Lit,"La morte di Marat."
label QS:Ltr,"Marat'ın Ölümü."
date QS:P571,+1793-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
dimensions QS:P2048,165U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,128U174728
institution QS:P195,Q377500
room 55
3260
- 1886: bequeathed by Jules David-Chassagnol, Paris
- by 1893
date QS:P,+1893-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1893-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: in the museum