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