David painted death of marat in 1793. the year in which louis XVI and his wife , Marie antoinette were beheaded by guilloline . This famous artwork is a history and symbolism . Marat suffered from a skin ailment which was soothed only by soaking ion the bathub . he killed himself by stabbing his chess on it by using a kitchen knife . David's art paintings remains in unparalleled visual chronicle of the french revolution , it include the reign and fall of napoleon I . this paintings is a true life of a man that found of girondin group , marat found and stabbed him to death. the kitchen knife she used is beside the tub in a ironic contrast with marat
