The story
The most acclaimed picture of the 1847 Salon, its catalogue quoted Juvenal on luxury more ruthless than the sword. The July Monarchy fell the next year.
The Romans of the Decadence
1847
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Object details
- Title
- The Romans of the Decadence
- Artist
- Thomas Couture
- Date
- 1847
- Culture
- French
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Object type
- Paintings
- Collection
- Musée d'Orsay, Paris
- Credit line
- Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
- Object number
- EFA.0134
- Original image
- 3000 × 1791 px
- Source record
- View on Wikimedia Commons
- License evidence
- See the license
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