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Dramatic painting of a royal bed scene with a reclining figure, nude woman, warrior, horse and falling bodies in dark tones.

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Hippolyte Poterlet - La Mort de Sardanapale

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Eugène Delacroix · French, 1798-1863

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Hippolyte Poterlet - La Mort de Sardanapale, Eugène Delacroix, Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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A dark, dramatic oil composition shows a chaotic scene of a reclining figure in white drapery on a red-draped bed, surrounded by falling and reaching bodies. A nude woman stands at lower right beside a muscular warrior, while a dark horse and gilded objects appear at the left.

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