Last Words of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius [SEP] collection
Last Words of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius
The Last Words of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius is an 1844 painting by the French artist Eugène Delacroix, now in the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon. A preliminary sketch of the painting that was given to Delacroix's student Louis de Planet is also kept in the museum.
Description and analysis.
This large painting depicts the last hours of the life of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, as Delacroix admired the Stoics and particularly Marcus Aurelius. The character is represented in the center of
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- "The Hammock"
- Honoré Daumier – "Les bas bleus" ("Bluestockings", series of lithographs)
- Eugène Delacroix – "Last Words of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius"
- Théodore de Gudin – ""
- Joseph Patrick Haverty – ""
- Carlo Marochetti – Wellington Statue, Glasgow (equestrian bronze)
- Eleuterio Pagliano – "İl pepe e il peperoncino"
- Hiram Powers – "The Greek Slave" (marble)
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