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The Execution of the Doge Marino Faliero
Eugène Delacroix, 1825–1826
What you see
A white marble staircase fills the center and leads the eye from top to bottom. At the top, a crowd of nobles in red and gold robes presses together; one of them holds a sword aloft. Halfway down the steps, a man in a red cap stands with a hand on his hip. At the foot of the stairs lies a figure dressed in white, face down.
The reds, oranges and golds of the fabrics fill the upper part, among white columns and hanging red banners. Below, everything is darker. Look for the black winged lion on the balustrade to the right, the gilded arched doorway at the back on the left and the heads of onlookers peering in at the lower right corner.
About Eugène Delacroix
Eugène Delacroix was the great painter of French Romanticism: he loved scenes full of movement, emotion and intense colour. He travelled to Morocco and Algeria, and the light of those countries transformed his palette. His free brushwork later inspired the Impressionists.
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