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Count Demetrius de Palatiano in Suliot Costume
Eugène Delacroixnot dated
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
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- Title: Count Demetrius de Palatiano in Suliot Costume
- Creator: Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863)
- Date Created: not dated
- Physical Dimensions: Unframed: 40.7 x 33.2 cm (16 x 13 1/16 in.)
- Provenance: Probably Paul de Laage, sold to Goupil & Cie., (Goupil & Cie, Paris), (Goupil & Cie sale, Hôtel Drouot, May 25-27, 1887 (no. 43), sold to Hector Brame), (Hector Brame, Paris), Paul-Arthur Chéramy [1840-1912], Paris, (Chéramy sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, May 5-7, 1908 (no. 159), probably sold to Schoeller or Haro on behalf of Comte André Pastré, Comte André Pastré [1888-1960], Paris, David David-Weill [1871-1952], Paris, to his wife, Flora David-Weill, Flora David-Weill [1878-1970], Paris, (Robert Schmit, Paris, probably sold to E.V. Thaw), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.33
- Medium: oil on fabric
- Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Credit Line: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
- Collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
- Accession Number: 1973.33
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