Jacques-Louis DavidFrench, 1748–1825Crito
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Not on view at present
Where is “Crito” now? Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Not on view at present. Checked November 11, 2026.
New York, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 61.161.1
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Open Access (CC0)
In the life of Jacques-Louis David
The whole life27 April 1784
Son born: Eugène David
from 1786
The Trudaine circle: liberal aristocrats
From 1786 he moved in liberal aristocratic circles; in the Society of the Trudaines he met Chénier, Bailly and Condorcet, and the future leaders of the Revolution Barère, Barnave and Alexandre de Lameth.
1787
The Salon of 1787: “The Death of Socrates”
Critics compared the painting with Michelangelo’s Sistine Ceiling and Raphael’s Stanze, and one, after ten visits to the Salon, called it perfect in every sense. David received no royal “work of encouragement” for it.
1789
The Salon of 1789: the scandal over “Brutus”
An attempt by the Royal Buildings administration to keep the picture out of the Salon caused an outcry, and the royal family had to give way; during the exhibition students guarded the canvas.
September 1789
Heads the “commune of the arts”
With Jean-Bernard Restout he headed the “commune of the arts,” which grew out of the “dissident academicians” movement to reform the Royal Academy; it called for an end to the Academy’s privileges and for unlicensed artists to be allowed to exhibit.
5 May 1789 – 9 November 1799
Took part in: French Revolution
