Head, Shoulder, and Foot, Studies for "Scenes from the Chios Massacres" 1823 Eugène Delacroix French This study of a cadaverous figure relates to Delacroixs ambitious submission to the Salon of 1824, "Scenes from the Massacres at Chios" (1823; Musée du Louvre). The slaughter of tens of thousands of Greeks by Ottoman troops on the island of Chios escalated the Greek War of Independence (1821−30), and these events, which riveted the French public, fueled Delacroixs conception of his canvas. The moribund expression of the head in the drawing conveys the shock and disbelief of a witness to inhumane tragedy.. Head, Shoulder, and Foot, Studies for "Scenes from the Chios Massacres" 342995

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Head, Shoulder, and Foot, Studies for "Scenes from the Chios Massacres" 1823 Eugène Delacroix French This study of a cadaverous figure relates to Delacroixs ambitious submission to the Salon of 1824, "Scenes from the Massacres at Chios" (1823; Musée du Louvre). The slaughter of tens of thousands of Greeks by Ottoman troops on the island of Chios escalated the Greek War of Independence (1821−30), and these events, which riveted the French public, fueled Delacroixs conception of his canvas. The moribund expression of the head in the drawing conveys the shock and disbelief of a witness to inhumane tragedy.. Head, Shoulder, and Foot, Studies for "Scenes from the Chios Massacres" 342995

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