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