Portrait of Jean-Paul MaratJoseph Boze

This 1793 portrait conveys the intensity of revolutionary leader Marat, founder of L’Ami du Peuple newspaper. A deputy of the radical Montagnards, who opposed the moderate Girondins, he called for uncompromising defense of the Revolution. His assassination in July 1793 made him a martyr, a legacy Boze captured with striking psychological force.