Dood van Socrates, Le Bec, after Jacques-Louis David, 1825

Title(s)

Dood van Socrates

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1922-380

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2233

Artist

• print maker: Le Bec (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Jacques-Louis David (mentioned on object)
• printer: François Jean Villain (mentioned on object)

Place

Paris

Dating

1825

Material

• paper

Technique

lithography

Measurements

height 345 mm × width 498 mm

What

• death of Socrates: in prison, surrounded by his grieving disciples, he calmly drinks the cup of poison after having made a libation to the gods

Acquisition

unknown 1922

Copyright

Public domain