murder of Jean-Paul Marat
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The murder of Jean-Paul Marat was the 1793 assassination of the radical French revolutionary leader by Charlotte Corday during the French Revolution, famously immortalized in Jacques-Louis David’s painting "The Death of Marat."
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
assassination
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historical event → political killing → |
| hasAftermath |
Marat’s body honored at the Panthéon (later removed)
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widespread revolutionary propaganda using Marat’s image → |
| hasArtHistoricalSignificance |
subject of one of the most famous political paintings in Western art
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| hasCountry |
France
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| hasCulturalDepiction |
The Death of Marat
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| hasCulturalDepictionCreator |
Jacques-Louis David
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| hasCulturalDepictionForm |
painting
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| hasCulturalDepictionGenre |
Neoclassical art
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| hasDate |
13 July 1793
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| hasExecutionDate |
17 July 1793
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| hasExecutionLocation |
Paris
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| hasExecutionMethod |
guillotine
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| hasHistoricalPeriod |
French Revolution
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| hasHistoricalSignificance |
iconic event of the French Revolution
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| hasImmediateConsequence |
arrest of Charlotte Corday
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death of Jean-Paul Marat → |
| hasLegalOutcome |
execution of Charlotte Corday
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trial of Charlotte Corday → |
| hasLocation |
Marat’s residence
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Paris → |
| hasLocationDetail |
bathtub
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| hasMediaContext |
L’Ami du peuple
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| hasMethod |
stabbing
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| hasMotive |
political opposition to radical Jacobins
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support for Girondins → |
| hasPerpetrator |
Charlotte Corday
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| hasPerpetratorBackground |
Girondin sympathizer
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| hasPerpetratorGender |
female
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| hasPerpetratorOrigin |
Normandy
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| hasPerpetratorStatement |
I killed one man to save a hundred thousand
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| hasPerpetratorTactic |
gaining access by claiming to reveal a plot
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| hasPoliticalContext |
Reign of Terror
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| hasPoliticalImpact |
intensification of revolutionary repression
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strengthening of radical Jacobins → |
| hasPrecedingCondition |
Marat’s habit of working in a bathtub
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Marat’s skin disease → |
| hasSymbolicMeaning |
conflict between Girondins and Jacobins
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martyrdom of the Revolution → |
| hasTargetRole |
journalist
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member of the National Convention → radical revolutionary leader → |
| hasVictim |
Jean-Paul Marat
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| hasWeapon |
knife
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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The Death of Marat
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