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The Death of Marat
Jacques-Louis David
Painted within months of the assassination it records, and carried into exile with the artist.
- Artist
- Jacques-Louis David
- Date
- 1793
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 162 × 128 cm
- Location
- Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
History
What the record shows
David presented the picture to the National Convention as a revolutionary altarpiece.
It followed David into exile in Brussels in 1816 and has remained in Belgium since.
Provenance
Chain of ownership
- 01Presented to the National Convention, Paris, 1793
- 02Returned to David, 1795
- 03Taken to Brussels, 1816
- 04Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique from 1893
