Socrates and Diotime
1775/80
Artist, French, 1748 - 1825

Artwork overview
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Medium
graphite on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 14.6 x 21.2 cm (5 3/4 x 8 3/8 in.)
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Accession
1998.105.1.e
Associated Artworks
See all 85 artworksA Muse and Two Female Figures
Jacques-Louis David
1775
Women at an Altar
Jacques-Louis David
1775
Hera and Ceres, from the Vatican
Jacques-Louis David
1775
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Estate of the artist (sale, Paris, 17 April 1826, under no. 66; withdrawn); Mme. David (sale, Paris, 11 March 1835, under no. 16); purchased by one of David's pupils, Mlle. X (name obliterated);[1] by descent in her family; (Bruno de Bayser, Paris); purchased 1998 by NGA.
[1] According to inscription on flyleaf.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
lower right: paraphes of E.D. and J.D.
Wikidata ID
Q64580140