Because the subject's body was so decomposed at the time of the painting, the artist used a wax cast to model the subject's moribund body, which had been stabbed by Charlotte Corday while soaking in a bathtub.
A nondescript block of wood with the artist's name engraved on it serves as a makeshift table, holding a scattered paper from a petition as well as an ink jar and feather quill. Because the subject's body was so decomposed at the time of the painting, the artist used a wax cast to model the subject's moribund body, which had been stabbed by Charlotte Corday while soaking in a bathtub. For 10 points, name this painting about a murdered French revolutionary, a work of Jacques Louis David.
A nondescript block of wood with the artist's name engraved on it serves as a makeshift table, holding a scattered paper from a petition as well as an ink jar and feather quill.
The {Death of Marat} [or La {Mort de Marat}]