The Death of Young Bara
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 in Avignon. Joseph Bara, a young drummer in the army of the French First Republic, was 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, including Louis-Michel Lepelletier and Jean-Paul Marat. There is also an anonymous contemporary copy dating to 1794, now in the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille and exhibited at the Musée de la Révolution française.
The Death of Young Bara (1794) by Jacques-Louis David
Bibliography
- La Mort de Bara, foundation du muséum Calvet, Avignon, 1989
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