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Diotima instructing Socrates

As you surely know, the great French artist Jacques-Louis David painted the very famous Death Of Socrates, along with many other brilliant neo-classical works.  


What is less well known is that at one point he thought about painting  Diotima Instructing Socrates.  He made a sketch, which is now held by the National Gallery of Art in Washington.  Apparently the sketch isn't on display, but here it is, linked from their web site: 


So that's two of my three main characters.

Thanks to Jason Rehmus, who is @longstride on twitter, for tracking this down.