The Death of Socrates
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Jacques Louis David
Artist bio: French, Paris 1748–1825 Brussels
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: French
Date: ca. 1782
Medium: Pen and black ink, with brush and gray wash over black chalk, with light squaring in black chalk
Dimensions: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 14 7/8 in. (24.4 × 37.8 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2013

Accession year: 2013
Tags: Prisons|Socrates|Men|Death