Eugène Delacroix, Count Demetrius de Palatiano in Suliot Costume
Fund, 1973.33 · The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
Eugène Delacroix

Count Demetrius de Palatiano in Suliot Costume

not dated

Current Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Medium
oil on fabric
Dimensions
40.7 × 33.2 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-110237

The Greek war of independence in the 1820s was a source of great interest for the rest of Europe. The exotic costumes of Greek soldiers, or Palikares, were popular subjects for artists. Count Palatiano was a flamboyant Greek aristocrat who often posed for Delacroix and his colleagues in Paris.

Provenance

Fund, 1973.33

Registry history

  • not dated — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

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