The Relation of the Individual to the State: Socrates and His Friends Discuss "The Republic," as in Plato's Account; Color Study for Mural, Supreme Court Room, Saint Paul, Minnesota State Capitol, Saint Paul

The Relation of the Individual to the State: Socrates and His Friends Discuss "The Republic," as in Plato's Account; Color Study for Mural, Supreme Court Room, Saint Paul, Minnesota State Capitol, Saint Paul by John La Farge

Medium

Gouache, watercolor, and graphite on light tan wove paper

Dimensions

9 5/8 x 10 7/8 in. (24.4 x 27.6 cm)

Classification

Watercolor

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1966

Accession Number

67.55.167

Tags

SocratesMen

About the Artist

John La Farge · 18351910

John La Farge (1835–1910) was born into a wealthy French émigré family in New York City, the son of John Frederick La Farge and Louisa Binsse de Saint-Victor. Educated at Jesuit institutions including Mount St. Mary's College in Maryland and St. John's College (now Fordham University), he initially pursued law but turned to art after receiving early drawing lessons from his maternal grandfather, a...

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