The text visible in this work reads in part, "You will give this assignat to the mother of five children whose husband died in defense of his country."
The text visible in this work reads in part, "You will give this assignat to the mother of five children whose husband died in defense of his country." The sheet, the green rug, the pen and the makeshift writing table found in this canvas were seen by the artist of this work the day before the event depicted. That man is shown treating a skin disorder, now believed to be Coeliac disease. A bloody knife, presumably just wielded by Charlotte Corday, is on the floor below the tub in, for 10 points, what Neoclassical painting of a Swiss-born French revolutionary by Jacques-Louis David?
The text visible in this work reads in part, "You will give this assignat to the mother of five children whose husband died in defense of his country."
The {Death} of {Marat} or La {Mort} de {Marat}