Marat Assassinated

The Death of Marat is a 1793 painting by Jacques-Louis David of the executed French revolutionary leader Jean-Paul Marat. It is one of the most famous images of the French Revolution. David was the leading French painter, as well as a Montagnard and a member of the revolutionary Committee of General Security.

Jacques-Louis David was a French painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era.