Jean-Paul Marat
Jean-Paul Marat was a French doctor and journalist famous for writing about the French revolution and encouraging the Reign of Terror.[1]
Death
He was stabbed to death in Paris by Charlotte Corday, an act made famous in a painting by Jacques-Louis David. Corday was executed 4 days later after the assassination.[2]
Jean-Paul Marat Media
Commemorative plaque on the house where Marat was born, in Boudry in Switzerland
Marat by Jean-François Garneray
Anonymous portrait of Marat, c. 1793 (Musée Carnavalet)
The Triumph of Marat by Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1794
"Marat's Triumph": a popular engraving of Marat borne away by a joyous crowd following his acquittal.
Bloodstained copy of L'Ami du peuple held by Marat at his assassination, now in the Bibliothèque nationale de France
The assassination of Marat by Charlotte Corday on 13 July 1793
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David (1793)
Statue of Marat in front of the Musée de la Révolution française
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References
- ↑ Jean-Paul Marat | Biography, Death, Painting, Writings, & Facts (in en). www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ↑ Charlotte Corday assassinates French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat | July 13, 1793 (in en). HISTORY. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
Other websites
Media related to Jean-Paul Marat at Wikimedia Commons