The Death of Socrates
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Michel François Dandré-Bardon
Artist bio: French, Aix-en-Provence 1700–1783 Paris
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: French
Date: ca. 1749
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over red chalk heightened with white gouache.
Dimensions: 8 15/16 x 13 3/8 in.  (22.7 x 34 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Purchase, Karen B. Cohen Fund, Giuseppe Gazzoni-Frascara Gift, and The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2001
Accession year: 2001
Tags: Socrates|Crowd|Death