Death of Sardanapalus

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Death of Sardanapalus (La Mort de Sardanapale) oil on canvas, dated 1827 by Eugène Delacroix, 392 x 496 cm or 12′ 1" x 16′ 3". It currently hangs in the Musee du Louvre, Paris. Its dominant feature is the bed on which a nude prostrates herself and beseeches the apathetic Sardanapalus, who watches as his worldly possessions are destroyed. Sardanapalus ordered his possessions destroyed and concubines murdered before he sets himself on fire, once he... more
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  • 1827

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  • Mort de Sardanapale

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Eugène Delacroix

Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863) was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school. Delacroix's use of expressive brushstrokes and his study of the optical effects of colour profoundly shaped the work of...

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  • 3.92 m (12.9 ft )
  • 4.96 m (16.3 ft )

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  • 1921
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