A large history painting by Karl Bryullov is called "The last days of..." which city?

Maybe it's a statement on one or two things. A perfect body doesn't equal being a perfect person, and being a "perfect" person doesn't protect you from terrible things.

I’ve been to Pompeii, it’s really sad what happened but interesting going there

I wish we could enlarge the accompanied picture. Many I can't properly see with my aged eyes.

Maybe critics were expecting something like La Guernica!

Typical European snobbery :)