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Object Type
Museum number: 1898,0527.186
Title: Object: Assassinat de J. P. Marat le 13 juillet 1793 - n'ayant pu me corrompre, ils m'ont assassiné
Description: The arrest of Charlotte Corday following the assassination of Marat, 13 July 1793: interior with on the right three men lifting Marat's body and carrying it away from his bathtub, while a distressed Simonne Evrard looks on; on the left Corday looking at her victim absent-mindedly while a man seizes her around the waist and drags her out of the room; another man grabs her wrist. c.1793 Stipple engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Louis Brion de la tour; Published by: Louis Brion de la tour; Published by: Jacques Louis Bance (Bance aîné)
School/style
Production date: 1793
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 385 millimetres; Width: 457 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: After a painting by Louis Brion de la Tour (Musée Lambinet, Versailles, inv. 901).
Bibliographic references: Chevremont 1876 / Marat - index du bibliophile et de l'amateur de peintures, gravures, etc (p.427); De Vinck 1909-1967 / Collection De Vinck. Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe. Inventaire analytique. (5304)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: Jean Paul Marat; Representation of: Charlotte Corday; Representation of: Simonne Evrard
Associated events: Associated Event: French Revolution 1793; Associated Event: Assassination of Marat 1793 (13 Jul)
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1898
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1898,0527.186

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