Answer:
In this painting called 'The Triumph of Marat', Marat is being carried by the people, the scene shows the people in a jubilant mood, celebrating the acquittal of Marat by the Revolution tribunal.
Marat's radical views and the zeal he voiced them with made him very popular among the lower classes within Paris and in the provinces.
A painting like this would have likely produced a mixed reaction from viewers in the salon, because of what a controversial figure Marat was.
Explanation:
Jean Paul Marat was French political theorist who was an advocate of extreme revolutionary views and measures. He was a prominent figure in the French Revolution, and was very popular with the lower classes of Paris.
The painting in figure 16 in chapter 1 of the NCERT titled 'The triumph of Marat' depicts him being carried jubilantly by the people after he was acquitted by the Revolutionary tribunal.
This painting would have produced mixed reactions from the viewers in the salon because Marat was such a controversial figure, and paintings of him at the time were mostly showing the scene of his assassination. But this painting showed him in a positive light.
