
The image of the Greek people, heroically fighting for independence, found the perfect embodiment in the drawing “The Wounded Greek”. The huge expression of the pathetic is full of the figure of a Greek fallen from a horse, who does not release weapons at the time of a fatal wound.
In his head thrown backwards, with the strands of black hair spreading over the earth, in painfully raised eyebrows and half-opened lips there is so much pain and anguish that a unique impression of the tragic death of a freedom fighter is created. With virtuosic skill, Bryullov depicts a fallen Greek and his horse, taken in a complex, dynamic foreshortening. The breadth and breadth of the brush are combined in sepia with almost jewelry decoration of the clothing ornament.
Greek with a horse by Karl Bryullov
Portrait of MI Alekseeva by Karl Bryullov
Mortally wounded by Vasily Vereshchagin
An old man and a young man with a sheaf by Karl Bryullov
The Last Day of Pompeii by Karl Bryullov
Portrait of K. A. and M. Ya. Naryshkin by Karl Bryullov
The flying angel, mourning the victims of the Inquisition by Karl Bryullov
Portrait of Domenico Marini by Karl Bryullov