Bryullov – “The Last Day of Pompeii”
After graduating from the art academy in 1827, a young promising artist Karl Bryullov went to Italy to study the classical art of the Roman …
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Karl Bryullov – “Narcissus looking into the water”
In 1819 Bryullov executed as a curriculum, that is, on the subject set by the Academy, the painting “Narcissus looking into the water.” Together with …
Bryullov – “Portrait of Countess YP Samoilova, retiring from the ball with her adopted daughter Amatsilia Pacini”
The portrait was painted in St. Petersburg, where Samoilova arrived to receive the inheritance bequeathed to her by Count Yu.P. Litta. She is depicted here …
Karl Bryullov – “Italian Morning”
In the painting “Italian Morning” Karl Bryullov depicts a figure in a kind of landscape interior – fenced off from the outside world, under a …
Karl Bryullov – “Death of Inessa de Castro”
Returning to Italy, to Milan, shortly before the opening of the local exhibition, Bryullov at one of the high society receptions was offended by the …
Karl Bryullov – “Invasion of Henzerich on Rome”
In December 1834, the architect Alexei Gornostaev wrote to Alexander Bryullov about Karl: “He told me his gigantic idea – to represent in the picture …
Bryullov – “Bathsheba”
The legend of the bathing young Bathsheba, whom King David saw walking in the evening on the roof of his palace, served as a motive …