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This painting titled "Greece on the ruins of Missolonghi", which is kept in the Bordeaux Museum of Fine Arts, was completed in 1826 and was influenced by the events of those days, namely the third attack of the Ottoman forces and the siege of the Greek city of Missolonghi. After a long siege and the spread of disease and famine, the city's residents decided to flee en masse. Their efforts had a disastrous result and thousands of Greeks were killed.
Like many European artists and intellectuals, Delacroix was a passionate defender of Greece. In this painting, he has portrayed Greece as a young woman in traditional clothes. Her expression and emotional expression are reminiscent of the religious icon of the weeping Mary on the bed of the dead Christ. A victim's hand can be seen under the rubble, below his feet. In the background, a black man with a yellow armband is the enemy, who is about to raise a flag. Delacroix intended to show the suffering of the Greeks to the French people, and for this purpose 10 replies
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