Socrates reaches for hemlock, surrounded by grieving disciples

Title: The Death of Socrates, Artist: Jacques Louis David (French, Paris 1748–1825 Brussels), Date: 1787, Medium: Oil on canvas, Dimensions: 51 x 77 1/4 in. (129.5 x 196.2 cm), Classification: Paintings, Credit Line: Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1931, Object Number: 31.45, Curatorial Department: European Paintings