The Death of Bara
Jacques-Louis David
Jacques-Louis David was a French painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era.
Max Resolution:1025×770 PX
Title:The Death of Bara
Artists:Jacques-Louis David
Date:1794
Style:Neoclassicism
Genre:history painting
Medium:oil,canvas
Location:Musée Calvet, Avignon, France
Dimensions:119×156 cm
Copyright:Public domain
The Death of Young Bara, Joseph Bara or The Death of Bara is an incomplete 1794 painting by the French artist Jacques-Louis David, now in the musée Calvet. Joseph Bara, a young drummer in the army of the French First Republic, killed by the Vendéens. He became a hero and martyr of the French Revolution and – with The Death of Marat and The Last Moments of Michel Lepeletier – the painting formed part of a series by David showing such martyrs. There is also an anonymous contemporary copy dating to 1794, now in the musée des beaux-arts de Lille and exhibited at the Musée de la Révolution française.