The Last Day of Pompeii is a large history painting by Karl Bryullov produced in 1830–1833 on the subject of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. It is notable for its positioning between Neoclass
Luigi Rossini, Via dei Sepolcri in Pompei, engraving, Rome, 1830
Raphael, The School of Athens, fresco, 1509–1511, Apostolic Palace, Vatican City. An example for Bryullov of what could be achieved in history painting
Alessandro Sanquirico's set design for the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Pacini's opera L'ultimo giorno di Pompei, 1827, La Scala production
Fedele Giovanni Baroffi Bruni, russified as Fyodor Antonovich Bruni was a Russian painter and draughtsman of Swiss Italian descent, active during the Romantic period, best known for his history painti
Portrait photograph by Andrey Denyer, c. 1865
Apolinary Horawski, Fyodor Bruni, 1871, oil on canvas; Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
The Brazen Serpent (1840)