Who painted “Last Words of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius”?

“Last Words of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius” was painted by Eugène Delacroix in 1844. Where to see it: Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon.

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Eugène Delacroix: energetic, loose brushwork, blazing colour, exotic North African and dramatic historical scenes full of violence and passion.

Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863) was a French Romantic artist who was regarded as the leader of the French Romantic school. Wikipedia

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More by Eugène Delacroix

“Liberty Leading the People”, 1830
“The Massacre at Chios”, 1824
“Death of Sardanapalus”, 1827
“The Barque of Dante”, 1822
“The Women of Algiers”, 1834
“Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi”, 1826
“Orphan Girl at the Cemetery”, 1824
“A Young Tiger Playing with its Mother”, 1830