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The Last Day of Pompeii
Karl Bryullov · 1833
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Karl Bryullov
Russian Empire · 1799–1852
Karl Pavlovich Bryullov was a Russian painter and draughtsman during the Romantic period, remembered among the greatest visual artists in the history of Russian art.
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The Last Day of Pompeii
Karl Bryullov · 1833
State Russian Museum
The Last Day of Pompeii is a large history painting by Karl Bryullov produced in 1830 to 1833 on the subject of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. It is notable for its positioning between Neoclassicism, the predominant style in Russia at the time, and Romanticism as increasingly practised in France. The painting was received to near universal acclaim and made Bryullov the first Russian painter to have an international reputation.
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