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The Death of Young Bara, Joseph Bara or The Death of Bara is an incomplete 1794 painting by the French artist Jacques-Louis David, now in the musée Calvet in Avignon. Joseph Bara, a young drummer in the army of the French First Republic, was killed by the Vendéens during the French revolution, his death becoming a symbol of the rebellion appointed by Robespierre himself. The painting exists in a series painted by David showing such heros and martyrs, aside The Death of Marat and The Last Moments of Michel Lepeletier – There is also an anonymous contemporary copy dating to 1794, now in the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille and exhibited at the Musée de la Révolution française.