Artwork Title: The Death of Bara

The Death of Bara, 1794

Jacques-Louis David

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 was 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 Château de Vizille. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_Young_Bara) See also an article about unfinished art at http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/2131546-what-unfinished-masterpieces-say-to-living-artists/
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