Count Demetrius de Palatiano in Suliot Costume
Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863)
not dated
Medium
oil on fabric
Dimensions
40.7 × 33.2 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
Accession Number
1973.33
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
male
About this artwork
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.