Alcibiades Receiving a Lesson from Socrates
François-André Vincent · 1776
Why it's great
The philosopher Socrates teaches the young Alcibiades, a brilliant and very spoiled Athenian aristocrat who later became a famous general and then a traitor. François-André Vincent painted it in 1776, when French artists were turning to stories of ancient Greece and Rome.
🏛️ Part of history
Classical Greece: From Marathon to Socrates (490–399 BC) — The philosopher Socrates teaches the young Alcibiades, a brilliant and very spoiled Athenian aristocrat who later became a famous general and then a traitor.
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About the artist
François-André Vincent1746–1816 · born in Paris · died in former 10th arrondissement of Paris
François-André Vincent was a French painter born in Paris in 1746. He won the Prix de Rome, studied in Italy and became a leading history painter in the Neoclassical style, a rival of Jacques-Louis David. He taught at the art academy in Paris and died there in 1816.
