The Last Day of Pompeii, Karl Bryullov's 1833 painting depicting the destruction of
Pompeii following the
eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The painting was inspired in part by
Giovanni Pacini's opera L'ultimo giorno di Pompei which premiered in Naples in 1825 with spectacular special effects. Pacini's young daughters, Amazilia and Giovannina, served as the models for the two children sheltering in the arms of a Pompeian woman. The woman was modelled on
Yuliya Samoylova who was the foster mother of Pacini's daughters and had been the lover of both Pacini and Bryullov.
The Last Day of Pompeii, Karl Bryullov's 1833 painting depicting the destruction of
Pompeii following the
eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The painting was inspired in part by
Giovanni Pacini's opera L'ultimo giorno di Pompei which premiered in Naples in 1825 with spectacular special effects. Pacini's young daughters, Amazilia and Giovannina, served as the models for the two children sheltering in the arms of a Pompeian woman. The woman was modelled on
Yuliya Samoylova who was the foster mother of Pacini's daughters and had been the lover of both Pacini and Bryullov.