Charlotte Corday, by Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry
  • 1. Who painted the portrait 'Charlotte Corday'?
A) Jacques-Louis David
B) Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry
C) Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
D) Eugène Delacroix
  • 2. What year was Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry born?
A) 1828
B) 1815
C) 1840
D) 1793
  • 3. What is Charlotte Corday most famous for?
A) Being a queen of France
B) Assassinating Jean-Paul Marat
C) Leading the Women's March on Versailles
D) Writing the Declaration of the Rights of Woman
  • 4. How does Baudry's portrayal differ from Jacques-Louis David's 'Death of Marat'?
A) Baudry shows the assassination scene
B) Baudry depicts Corday as monstrous
C) Baudry humanizes Corday while David vilifies her
D) Baudry includes more historical figures
  • 5. What is the composition focus of Baudry's painting?
A) The assassination weapon
B) The bloody scene
C) A crowd of revolutionaries
D) Corday's face and upper body
  • 6. What was Charlotte Corday's social background?
A) Royal princess
B) Peasant farmer
C) Educated minor nobility
D) Urban working class
  • 7. Which art prize did Baudry win in 1850?
A) Prix de Rome
B) Nobel Prize for Art
C) Turner Prize
D) French Art Medal
  • 8. Which historical period does the painting depict?
A) Renaissance
B) Napoleonic Wars
C) French Revolution
D) Middle Ages
  • 9. How old was Charlotte Corday when she died?
A) 30
B) 35
C) 19
D) 24
  • 10. What was Baudry's primary medium?
A) Watercolor
B) Sculpture
C) Printmaking
D) Oil painting
  • 11. What was Corday's motivation for killing Marat?
A) Financial gain
B) To stop the Reign of Terror
C) Personal revenge
D) Royalist conspiracy
  • 12. What is the lighting source in the painting?
A) Back lighting only
B) No visible light source
C) Dramatic side lighting
D) Flat overall light
  • 13. What year was Charlotte Corday executed?
A) 1793
B) 1804
C) 1799
D) 1789
  • 14. What weapon did Corday use to kill Marat?
A) A dagger
B) Poison
C) A kitchen knife
D) A pistol
  • 15. Which political faction did Charlotte Corday sympathize with?
A) Jacobins
B) Girondins
C) Bonapartists
D) Royalists
  • 16. Where was Charlotte Corday from?
A) Provence
B) Paris
C) Brittany
D) Normandy
  • 17. In what century did Baudry paint 'Charlotte Corday'?
A) 20th century
B) 18th century
C) 19th century
D) 17th century
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