After a period of ill health , exacerbated by his exhausting work on commissions for murals to decorate the Churches of Saint-Roch and Saint-Philippe-du-Roule , Chassériau died at the age of 37 in Paris , on October 8 , 1856 .
His works could be grouped in two periods : Chassériau died when he was 37 years old in Paris , on October 8 , 1856 .