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. 1786
Medium: Pen and black ink, over black chalk, touches of pen and brown ink; squared in black chalk
Dimensions: Sheet: 11 in. × 16 3/8 in. (27.9 × 41.6 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Purchase, Walter and Leonore Annenberg Acquisitions Endowment Fund and Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill and Mr. and Mrs. Mark Fisch Gifts, 2015
Accession year: 2015
Tags: Socrates|Men|Death