The Romans in their Decadence is an 1847 painting by the French artist Thomas Couture, now held in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, depicting a scene of Roman decadence. It debuted as the most highly acclaimed work of the Paris Salon of 1847, a year before the 1848 Revolution that toppled the July Monarchy, and its exhibition catalogue quoted the Roman poet Juvenal on the ruinous luxury that follows prolonged peace. Reminiscent of the style of Raphael, the painting is typical of the French classic style practiced between 1850 and 1900 and is today analyzed within the wider current of academic art. It was etched by Edmond Hedouin.
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It debuted as the most highly acclaimed work of the Paris Salon of 1847, a year before the 1848 Revolution which toppled the July Monarchy.
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It now belongs to the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
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The Romans in their Decadence (French: Les Romains de la décadence, also translated as Romans During the Decadence or Romans in the Decadence of the Empire) is a painting by the French artist Thomas Couture, depicting the Roman decadence. It debuted as the most highly acclaimed work of the Paris Salon of 1847, a year before the 1848 Revolution which toppled the July Monarchy.
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The Romans in their Decadence (French: Les Romains de la décadence, also translated as Romans During the Decadence or Romans in the Decadence of the Empire) is a painting by the French artist Thomas Couture, depicting the Roman decadence.
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