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The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David and quote by fashion photographer Eugenio Recuenco

The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David The Death of Marat (French: La Mort de Marat ) is a 1793 painting in the Neoclassic style by Jacques-Louis David, it is one of the most famous images of the French Revolution. This work refers to the assassination of radical journalist Jean-Paul Marat, killed on the 13th of July 1793 by Charlotte Corday, a French Revolutionary figure from a minor aristocratic family. Corday, who blamed Marat for the September Massacres and feared an all out civil war, claimed “I killed one man to save 100,000.” La Mort de Marat Jacques – Louis David and a quote by fashion photographer Eugenio Recuenco Jean-Paul Marat (24 May 1743 – 13 July 1793), was a…

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