The vast canvas of ‘The Last Day of Pompeii’ goes on show in Moscow for the first time in an exhibition featuring 200 of Karl Bryullov’s paintings and drawings. Bryullov, who is known as Great Karl by Russian schoochildren, has always been valued as a master. His most famous painting of Pompeii residents fleeing the fire-spewing volcano is usually housed in St Petersburg’s Russian museum. Bryullov’s other works are more serene – portraits of aristocrats, sketches, drawings and doodles that include more than a little of the erotic.
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