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The Revolution Stabs Its Own

The Wall Street Journal

December 22, 2025

Murder in the Rue Marat

- By Thomas Crow

Jacques-Louis David's 'The Death of Marat' is a memento mori of the French Revolution.

(Bridgeman Art Library)

This story is from the December 22, 2025 edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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