What is The Death of Socrates (painting)?
{{italic title}} {{Infobox artwork | image_file = David - The Death of Socrates.jpg | caption = | painting_alignment = | image_size = 350px | title = The Death of Socrates | alt = | other_language_1 = | other_title_1 = | other_language_2 = | other_title_2 = | artist = [[Jacques-Louis David]] | year = {{start date|1787}} <!--remove date template if before 1583 CE --> | medium = [[Oil on canvas]] | material = | height_metric = 129.5 | width_metric = 196.2 | length_metric = | height_imperial = | width_imperial = | length_imperial = | diameter_metric = | diameter_imperial = | dimensions = | metric_unit = cm<!--don't leave this parameter blank—either don't include it, or include the default cm. Not including it will default it to cm.--> | imperial_unit = in<!--don't leave this parameter blank—either don't include it, or include the default in. Not including it will default it to in.--> | city = [[New York City|New York]] | museum = [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] | coordinates = <!-- Only use for the exact coordinates of the artwork itself (and only where known) and not for the coordinates of the museum. Leave blank if coordinates are not known. --> | owner = }} '''''The Death of Socrates''''' ({{lang-fr|La Mort de Socrate}}) is a 1787 oil on canvas painting by the French painter [[Jacques-Louis David]]. It shows the death of Greek philosopher [[Socrates]]. He was sentenced to die by drinking [[hemlock]]. He was sentenced to die because his ideas were against those of [[Athens]]. It was also for [[wikt:corruption|corrupting]] the minds of the youth. The painting also shows both [[Crito of Alopece|Crito]] and [[Plato]]. Crito is sitting sadly at the edge of the bed. Plato is holding the knee of Socrates. Socrates had the choice to go into [[exile]] or be sentenced to death by drinking hem