Alcibiades Being Taught by Socrates
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| Artist | François-André Vincent |
| Year | 1777 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 98.60 cm × 131 cm (38.82 in × 52 in) |
| Location | Musée Fabre, Montpellier |
| Accession | 837.1.95 |
Alcibiades Being Taught by Socrates[a] is 1777 painting by the French painter François-André Vincent. It depicts the Athenian general Alcibiades alongside the Greek philosopher Socrates. The painting is located at the Musée Fabre in Montpellier.[1] It was displayed at the Salon of 1777 with Belisarius (1776), another of Vincent's paintings.[1][2] A copy of the work, made the same year as the original, is owned by the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm.[2]
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[edit]- ^ a b "Alcibiade recevant les leçons de Socrate". Musée Fabre. Archived from the original on January 19, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
- ^ a b Olausson, Magnus (2019). "François-André Vincent and Johan Tobias Sergel. On a New Acquisition – Alcibiades Being Taught by Socrates, 1777" (PDF). Art Bulletin of Nationalmuseum Stockholm. 26 (1). Susanna Pettersson: 37–44. eISSN 2001-9238.
External links
[edit]- Alcibiades Being Taught by Socrates at Nationalmuseum.