The Death of Socrates

Jacques Louis David, ca. 1782

Artist

Jacques Louis David (French, Paris 1748–1825 Brussels)

Date

ca. 1782

Medium

Pen and black ink, with brush and gray wash, over black chalk; lightly squared in black chalk

Size

Sheet: 9 5/8 × 14 7/8 in. (24.4 × 37.8 cm)

Type

Drawings

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed