Eugène Delacroix · 1827
The Death of Sardanapalus
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Delacroix's frenzied orgy of color — the doomed Assyrian king reclining on his pyre as concubines, horses, and treasure are slaughtered around him. Pure Romantic excess, scarlet, gold, and writhing flesh.
Up to 48 × 38 in · landscape
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Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.
Scale next to a 5'10" person
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The story of The Death of Sardanapalus
The Death of Sardanapalus is an 1827 oil painting on canvas by the French artist Eugène Delacroix, now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. A smaller replica he made in 1844 is in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It is a work of Romanticism based on the tale of Sardanapalus, a king of Assyria, from Greek historian Diodorus Siculus's library. It uses rich, vivid and warm colours and broad brushstrokes, was inspired by Lord Byron's play Sardanapalus (1821) and inspired a Hector Berlioz cantata, Sardanapale (1830), and an unfinished Franz Liszt opera, Sardanapalo (1845–1852).
Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Eugène Delacroix
Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix was a French Romantic artist who was regarded as the leader of the French Romantic school.
All Eugène Delacroix prints →Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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