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disease and taking a bath would relieve his pain. Accordingly, David painted him dead in a
bathtub, almost in a Christ like pose. The wound on Marat's right chest can be compared to
Jesus's wounds when he was crucified, and therefore Marat seems like a hero dying for a
noble cause. Moreover, with depicting Marat as Christ, although David himself and Marat
were both atheists, Jacques-Louis David in a way creates a new religion, praising the social
reformers of the French Revolution. (Rosenblum, Woldermar-Jansen, 1984, p.30) In 1793
David gave a speech while presenting The death of Marat, where he calls citizens to honor
and praise Marat:
"Hurry, all of you! Mothers, widows, orphans, oppressed soldiers, all whom he defended at
the risk of his life, approach and contemplate your friend; he who was so vigilant is no more;
his pen, the terror of traitors, his pen has slipped from his hand! Grieve! Our tireless friend is
dead
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