The Death of Socrates

Jacques Louis David, ca. 1786

Artist

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

Date

ca. 1786

Medium

Pen and black ink, over black chalk, touches of pen and brown ink; squared in black chalk

Size

Sheet: 11 in. × 16 3/8 in. (27.9 × 41.6 cm)

Type

Drawings

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed