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The Death of Sardanapalus (La Mort de Sardanapale) is an oil painting on canvas by the French artist Eugène Delacroix, dated 1827. It is now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. [1] A smaller replica, painted by Delacroix in 1844, is now in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. [2]
The Death of Sardanapalus is an oil painting created in 1826 or 1827 by French Romantic artist Eugene Delacroix. The massive canvas, which is in the Louvre, explodes onto the senses with wild movement and sumptuous color, an orgy of indulgent exoticism.
The Death of Sardanapalus. 1844 Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863) The subject of this painting was inspired by Lord Byron's dramatic poem of 1821 about the life of an ancient Assyrian king named Sardanapalus.
Eugene Delacroix was 29 years old when he painted The Death of Sardanapalus. By this time he had already received attention after exhibiting Dante and Virgil in Hell at the Salon of 1822 and the Massacre at Chios at the Salon of 1824.
Title: The Death of Sardanapalus. Artist: Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris) Date: 1845–46. Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 29 × 32 7/16 in. (73.7 × 82.4 cm) Classification: Paintings. Credit Line: Philadelphia Museum of Art: The Henry P. McIlhenny Collection in memory of Frances P. McIlhenny, 1986
Death of Sardanapalus by Eugene Delacroix. This fiercely dynamic and Romantic canvas, which Delacroix called his "Massacre No. 2," is without doubt in its violence the artist's most lyrical work.
Dr. Beth Harris: [0:04] We’re in the Louvre, and we’re looking at Delacroix’s “The Death of Sardanapalus,” which was exhibited at the Salon of 1827. Dr. Steven Zucker: [0:12] It’s a huge canvas, and it turns every classical rule on its head.
