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The Death of Socrates
In the painting, Socrates is shown accepting a cup of poison while continuing to instruct his disciples. The composition emphasizes the tension between life and adherence to principles.
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Jacques-Louis David
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794) and Marie Anne Lavoisier (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze, 1758–1836), 1788
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ConnectionsPaintings · Oil on canvas · Painting · 1780s

Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
Comtesse de la Châtre (Marie Charlotte Louise Perrette Aglaé Bontemps, 1762–1848), 1789
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Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Marie Emilie Coignet de Courson (1716–1806) with a Dog, 1764
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James McNeill Whistler
Arrangement in Flesh Colour and Black: Portrait of Theodore Duret, 1883
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