Socrates and Diotime

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Estate of the artist (sale, Paris, 17 April 1826, under no. 66; withdrawn); Mme.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.

Socrates and Diotime

David, Jacques-Louis

1775/80

Accession Number

1998.105.1.e

Medium

graphite on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 14.6 x 21.2 cm (5 3/4 x 8 3/8 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Patrons' Permanent Fund