Copy after David's "The Death of Socrates"

Copy after David's "The Death of Socrates" by Anonymous, French, 19th century|Jacques Louis David

Medium

Graphite, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash

Dimensions

Sheet: 3 15/16 × 6 5/16 in. (10 × 16.1 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Eric Carlson, in honor of Paul Jeromack, 2013

Accession Number

2013.608.5

Tags

MenDavidDeath

About the Artist

Anonymous, French, 19th century|Jacques Louis David · 18001900

**Anonymous, French, 19th Century (ca. 1800–1900)** The artist cataloged as Anonymous, French, 19th century embodies the enigmatic yet essential contributions of unidentified creators to France's vibrant 19th-century art world. Active roughly between 1800 and 1900, this figure—or potentially collective workshop—produced a diverse array of works amid the nation's transition from Neoclassicism thro...

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