The Death of Socrates is a 1787 oil on canvas painting by the French painterJacques-Louis David.
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| Artist | Jacques-Louis David |
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| Year | 1787 |
| Type | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 129.5 cm × 196.2 cm (51.0 in × 77.2 in) |
| Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
Like many of his paintings from that decade, the Death ofSocrates focuses on a classical subject.[1] In this case, it is the story of Socrates’s execution, as told by Plato in Phaedo.[2] In this story, Socrates, as punishment for criticizing Critias, the tyrant ofAthens, is told he must either drink the poison hemlock or face exile. Socrates, rather than fleeing, uses his death as a final lesson for his pupils, and faces it calmly.[3]
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