Последний день Помпеи

1828

Dating: Exact year
Held at: State Russian Museum
Medium: Бумага на картоне , масло
Dimensions: 58 x 81
Collection no.: Ж-5081
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: Public domain (WikiArt label)License details

Karl Bryullov. Последний день Помпеи. Image source: WikiArt. Source rights label: Public domain. https://www.wikiart.org/en/karl-bryullov/the-last-day-of-pompeii. Collected under the user's explicit WikiArt source approval of 6 October 2026; this approval is separate from the source's rights assertion. Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression. Exact 1828 oil study Ж-5081, paper on cardboard, 58 x 81 cm. Both reproductions show the same statue at upper left, lightning, left stair group, fallen woman/child and large red-draped foreground figure at right. This is the 1828 preparatory study, distinct from both smaller study Ж-7867 and the finished 1833 canvas. Complete supplied WikiArt composition preserved, including its source colour differences.

Collection: State Russian Museum

Location checked Sep 13, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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