The Last Day of Pompeii

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history painting painting

The Last Day of Pompeii is a monumental 19th-century history painting by Karl Bryullov depicting the dramatic destruction of the ancient Roman city during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
L’ultimo giorno di Pompei 2
The Last Day of Pompeii canonical 2
Последний день Помпеи 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf history painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
appliesToPart canvas ⓘ
basedOn eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD ⓘ
collection Russian Museum ⓘ
surface form: State Russian Museum
completionDate 1833 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire ⓘ
creator Karl Bryullov ⓘ
depicts ancient Roman city of Pompeii ⓘ
destruction of Pompeii ⓘ
eruption of Mount Vesuvius ⓘ
mythological and allegorical figures ⓘ
describedAs monumental 19th-century history painting ⓘ
endTime 1833 ⓘ
genre history painting ⓘ
hasPart dramatic lighting effects ⓘ
falling architectural fragments ⓘ
figures of fleeing citizens ⓘ
volcanic ash and smoke ⓘ
hasStyle dramatic composition ⓘ
highly detailed figural groups ⓘ
theatrical lighting ⓘ
inception 1830 ⓘ
influenced development of Russian academic painting ⓘ
inspiredBy Karl Bryullov’s visit to Pompeii ⓘ
excavations at Pompeii ⓘ
languageOfTitle Italian ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Saint Petersburg Federal City ⓘ
surface form: Saint Petersburg
locatedInTheCountry Russia ⓘ
location Russian Museum ⓘ
surface form: State Russian Museum
mainSubject death ⓘ
flight from danger ⓘ
natural disaster ⓘ
panic ⓘ
materialUsed oil paint ⓘ
movement Romanticism ⓘ
notableWorkOf Karl Bryullov ⓘ
originalTitle The Last Day of Pompeii self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: L’ultimo giorno di Pompei

The Last Day of Pompeii self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Последний день Помпеи
paintingSurface canvas ⓘ
setIn Pompeii ⓘ
setInTime 79 AD eruption of Vesuvius ⓘ
significantEventInReception international success in Italy ⓘ
praised by Russian critics ⓘ
startTime 1830 ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted 1st century AD ⓘ

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Karl Bryullov → notableWork → The Last Day of Pompeii ⓘ
Karl Bryullov → knownFor → The Last Day of Pompeii ⓘ
The Last Day of Pompeii → originalTitle → The Last Day of Pompeii self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Последний день Помпеи
The Last Day of Pompeii → originalTitle → The Last Day of Pompeii self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: L’ultimo giorno di Pompei
The Last Day of Pompeii (painting) → originalLanguageTitle → The Last Day of Pompeii ⓘ
subject surface form: The Last Day of Pompeii
this entity surface form: Последний день Помпеи
The Last Day of Pompeii (painting) → titleInItalian → The Last Day of Pompeii ⓘ
subject surface form: The Last Day of Pompeii
this entity surface form: L’ultimo giorno di Pompei