The Death of Marat is a famous painting by Jacques-Louis David depicting the murdered French revolutionary leader Jean-Paul Marat lying dead in his bath on July 13, 1793 after being stabbed by Charlotte Corday. The painting shows the radical journalist's assassination and was painted in the months following the murder, with David being a leading French painter and member of the revolutionary Committee of General Security at the time.

1. The death of marat
The Death of Marat is a paintingby Jacques-Louis David of the
murdered French revolutionaryleader Jean-PaulMarat. It is
one of the most famous images of the Revolution.David was
the leadingFrench painter, as well as a Montagnard and a
member of the revolutionary Committee of General Security.
The paintingshows the radicaljournalist lying dead in his bath
on 13 July 1793 after his murder by Charlotte Corday. Painted
in the months after Marat's murder, it has been described by
T. J. Clark as the first modernist painting,for "the way it took
the stuff of politics as its material, and did not transmute it"