John Boyndell wrote to Sir Joshua Reynolds that this painting was “the greatest effort of art since the Sistine Chapel and the stanze of Raphael”. At the right of this painting, a man in red grasps the bridge of his nose as he holds his other arm upward, facing away from the central figure. That central figure’s thigh is being grasped by a man to his right in orange, Crito. A young man in red to the left looks away as he hands the central figure a cup. For 10 points, name this Jacques-Louis David painting that depicts the execution of an ancient Athenian philosopher.
John Boyndell wrote to Sir Joshua Reynolds that this painting was “the greatest effort of art since the Sistine Chapel and the stanze of Raphael”. At the right of this painting, a man in red grasps the bridge of his nose as he holds his other arm upward, facing away from the central figure. That central figure’s thigh is being grasped by a man to his right in orange, Crito. A young man in red to the left looks away as he hands the central figure a cup. For 10 points, name this Jacques-Louis David painting that depicts the execution of an ancient Athenian philosopher.
John Boyndell wrote to Sir Joshua Reynolds that this painting was “the greatest effort of art since the Sistine Chapel and the stanze of Raphael”.