Masterpiece Monday: Jacques-Louis David's Death of Socrates

slow art story by Art Class Curator

Listen to the Story: 7 minutes

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Pay attention and discover all the details that tell the story of the final hours of Socrates’ life.

Via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFesbH3B2PI

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET)
Gallery 631

"The Death of Socrates"

by Jacques-Louis David

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