A morte de Sócrates

Jacques Louis David French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 634

Sócrates, acusado pelo governo ateniense de ter renegado os deuses e de corromper os jovens com seus ensinamentos, foi obrigado a escolher entre suas crenças ou ser condenado a beber cicuta. David o retrata discursando serenamente sobre a imortalidade da alma a seus discípulos aflitos. A pintura, cujo heroi estóico é vagamente baseado no Fédon, de Platão, é talvez a melhor expressão neoclássica de David. O gravador e editor John Boydell escreveu a Sir Joshua Reynolds que era a maior “conquista artística desde a Capela Sistina e Salas de Rafael. . . Esta obra teria sido uma homenagem à Atenas de Péricles”.

#5184. A morte de Sócrates

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The Death of Socrates, Jacques Louis David (French, Paris 1748–1825 Brussels), Oil on canvas

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The Death of Socrates, Jacques Louis David (French, Paris 1748–1825 Brussels), Oil on canvas
The Death of Socrates, Jacques Louis David (French, Paris 1748–1825 Brussels), Oil on canvas
The Death of Socrates, Jacques Louis David (French, Paris 1748–1825 Brussels), Oil on canvas
The Death of Socrates, Jacques Louis David (French, Paris 1748–1825 Brussels), Oil on canvas
The Death of Socrates, Jacques Louis David (French, Paris 1748–1825 Brussels), Oil on canvas
The Death of Socrates, Jacques Louis David (French, Paris 1748–1825 Brussels), Oil on canvas
The Death of Socrates, Jacques Louis David (French, Paris 1748–1825 Brussels), Oil on canvas

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