A single light-source illuminates the subject's lifeless face and the bloodied drapery which engulfs him.
A crumpled note identifies the date and the notorious unseen presence. Inscribed on a nearby side-board is the name of the subject as well as the artist; it also supports a canister of ink and a fountain pen, similar to the one clutched in the subject's dead hand. A single light-source illuminates the subject's lifeless face and the bloodied drapery which engulfs him. FTP name this 1793 canvas by Jacques-Louis David, whose subject was assassinated by Charlotte Corday.
A crumpled note identifies the date and the notorious unseen presence.
The {Death of Marat}