Checked content

File:David - The Death of Socrates.jpg

Artist
Title
English: The Death of Socrates
Română: Moartea lui Socrate
Русский: Смерть Сократа
Date 1787
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 130 x 196 cm
Gallery 601
Accession number 31.45
Credit line Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1931
Source/Photographer http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/110000543
Permission
( Reusing this file)
This is a faithful photographic reproduction of an original two-dimensional work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
Public domain This work is in the public domain in the United States, and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years or less.
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain, and that claims to the contrary represent an assault on the very concept of a public domain". For details, see Commons:When to use the PD-Art tag.
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain.

Please be aware that depending on local laws, re-use of this content may be prohibited or restricted in your jurisdiction. See Commons:Reuse of PD-Art photographs.
The following pages on Schools Wikipedia link to this image (list may be incomplete):

A background to Schools Wikipedia

Wikipedia for Schools was collected by SOS Children's Villages. The world's largest orphan charity, SOS Children brings a better life to more than 2 million people in 133 countries around the globe. We have helped children in Africa for many years - you can help too...