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3 unusual facts about The Death of Marat


The Death of Marat

The original letter, with bloodstains and bath water marks still visible, has survived and is currently intact in the ownership of Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford.

David was the leading French painter, as well as a Montagnard and a member of the revolutionary Committee of General Security.

Wildenstein, Daniel et Guy, Documents complémentaires au catalogue de l’oeuvre de Louis David, Paris, Fondation Wildenstein (1973) – fondamental source to track all influences constituting David's visual culture


Deathconsciousness

The album cover is a cropped version of the Jacques-Louis David painting, The Death of Marat, which documents the death of French revolutionary leader Jean-Paul Marat.


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