"Death of Sardanapalus" by Eugène Delacroix

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A quintessentially French artist inspired here by a British romantic, Lord Byron. Richard Stemp explores this incredible work by Delacroix from 1827 which was initially inspired by Byron's play, Sardanapalus.

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