Marat, As He Was At The Moment Of His Death

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jacques-Louis Copia

Title

Marat, As He Was At The Moment Of His Death

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1793

Medium

Engraving in brown on cream laid paper

Inscriptions

Lettered, below image: "Ne pouvant me corrompre, ils m'ont assasine."; lower left: "Se vend a Paris chez Constantine Md. de Tableaux quai de L'Ecole no.4."; lower right: "Et chez copia rue Boucher no.6." Inscribed in plate at all four corners from upper right to lower right: "A Marat/ L'Ami/ Du peuple/ David."

Dimensions

Plate: 38.2 × 31.6 cm (15 1/16 × 12 1/2 in.); sheet: 54 × 41.5 cm (21 5/16 × 16 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund

Reference Number

2023.2856

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