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Charlotte Corday


From commons and used in Charlotte Corday and Jean-Paul Marat, this painting by Paul Jacques Aimé Baudry depicts wonderfully the event of Marat's death. The story is intriguing and the painting is beautiful. Wikipedia is lucky to have such a piece of art.


 * Nominate and support. - LV  (Dark Mark)  19:29, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
 * We should as well upload (it might be already done) and nominate "Marat Assassiné" by David. Ericd 02:40, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
 * This? -- LV (Dark Mark)  02:47, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Support Love the pic and I agree it's a happy thing we have it. But do we know whether the artist knew what they looked like in real life (i.e. worked from a contemporary picture or description), or made an effort to get the details of the room right, etc? To be an encyclopaedic contribution to Charlotte Corday and Jean-Paul Marat, I think the description should specify the details were right. ~ Veledan • Talk 19:35, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, I don't know a ton about the painting itself, so I can't be positive. My guess is Marat is probably accurate (judging by the other paintings of him... close enough to be correct), but don't really know about Corday herself, or the details of the room. I would say "poetic license" may have taken, but like I said before, am unsure. I think the story depicted is more important than getting every detail absolutely correct. If there were on article based solely on the Death of Jean-Paul Marat, this would illustrate it perfectly, and since that is all Corday is really notable for, this painting depicts her wonderfully (IMO). -- LV (Dark Mark)  23:28, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I read the article you linked and it implies that amongst all the paintings of this scene, this one is the odd one out in being sympathetic to Corday! Even so, I suppose it's every bit as encyclopaedic as an artist's impression of space or a deep sea scene and I don't think I'd hesitate to support one of them that repaid inspection like this painting. ~ Veledan • Talk 23:54, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Well its a good scan or something, but wouldn't this really be more of a comment on the actual artwork..? The only thing positive I can say about the scan is that its clear and fairly high-res.  I do have a major problem with the fact that it might be violating copyright laws to exist here in such high-res form. Nevermind that, I see from the page that the death of the artist has placed it in the public domain.  I'm so used to commenting on a picture for its merits as a work of art that its difficult for me to support an image that *wasnt* created by a user and whose only purpose is to convey *another piece of art*.  Thus, I cannot support, but remain neutral...  drumguy 8800  - speak? 04:09, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
 * sorry, I now see that it is portraying an actual event and its purpose is not only to show a piece of art. I support, then.  drumguy 8800  - speak? 04:13, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Argh!!! Sorry about that. I had tried to type in and tell you that it was Public Domain, but got an edit conflict. Then I had tried to type in to tell you it was portraying the murder of Marat, and IIRC, murder is not generally considered an artform, but got an edit conflict. Hopefully this goes through. I'm a slow typist, I guess. -- LV (Dark Mark)  04:15, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Addendum... you may also want to read this website (or perhaps just starting with the paragrapgh that reads, "While Antoinette’s iconography during the Revolution..."). It gives a little more depth to the story of Corday and her portrayal in paintings. Happy reading. -- LV (Dark Mark)  04:30, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Support - Bit on the small side, though. KILO-LIMA 21:02, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 *  Oppose  - It's just a painting, albeit a nice one. We might as well start nominating all the great pictures by the great masters, beginning with the Mona Lisa, if this gets to be FP. --Surgeonsmate 05:17, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * There is a difference. This painting represents an actual, important and notable event, and that in this instance a painting is the best representation there can be. ~ Veledan • Talk 08:56, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * OK --Surgeonsmate 22:27, 24 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Oppose. Picture of a picture. I'm not convinced this picture adds much to the subject, since it's the second picture of the same scene in the Marat article. Mark1 11:00, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Despite its artistic merits, the David painting [[Image:Death of Marat by David.jpg|20px]] has less encyclopedic value, lacking Corday and the 18th-C map of France that gives the nominated picture its historical context. You're not suggesting that the existence of an inferior picture is a reason to oppose? ~ Veledan • Talk 15:35, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Support. Zafiroblue05 01:22, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Support I like it better than Mona Lisa -- Chris 73 | Talk 15:26, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Raven4x4x 05:37, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

