Who painted “The Last Day of Pompeii”?

“The Last Day of Pompeii” was painted by Karl Bryullov in 1833. Where to see it: Russian Museum.

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Karl Bryullov: dramatic Romantic scenes with glossy academic finish, Italian sun and catastrophe — The Last Day of Pompeii.

Karl Pavlovich Bryullov (23 December 1799 – 23 June 1852) was a Russian painter and draughtsman during the Romantic period, remembered among the greatest visual artists in the history of Russian art. Wikipedia

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More by Karl Bryullov

“Horsewoman”, 1832
“Italian Midday (1827 version)”, 1827
“Italian morning”, 1823
“Fortune-teller Svetlana”, 1836
“Christ in the Tomb”
“Italian girl by a fountain”, 1844
“The Assassination of Inês de Castro”, 1834
“Self-Portrait”, 1848