(15) Together with the La Mort de Socrate of 1787, made available by the Marquis de
Verac, the Marat displayed David's pre-eminence in what Delecluze called 'la peinture d'histoire proprement dite [Socrate]' and 'la peinture d'histoire contemporaine [Marat], dont l'une ete regeneree en France et l'autre instit76e chez nous par lui'.
(19) See Henri de Navarre to the Nobility, Cities and Communities of Guyenne, 21 December 1576; to the sieur de
Verac, 24 February 1576; to the duc de Montpensier, 7 September 1577; to the duc de Montmorency, 8 and 22 September 1577; to Henri III, two letters dated July 1578; to Catherine de Medici, 29 July 1579, ibid., p.