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The Death of Sardanapalus

1827

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The story

Based on Byron's play, the dying king's orgy of destruction polarised the 1827 Salon, where one critic called it the fanaticism of ugliness.

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Object details

Title: The Death of Sardanapalus
Artist: Eugène Delacroix
Date: 1827
Culture: French
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Musée du Louvre, Paris
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0133
Original image: 3000 × 2348 px
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License evidence: See the license

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Eugène Delacroix. The Death of Sardanapalus. 1827. Musée du Louvre, Paris. Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0133/

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