
Cleveland Museum of Art
Count Demetrius de Palatiano in Suliot Costume
Eugène DelacroixLinkedCulture matchlcp-59ff2d3c2f3c
- Date
- not dated
- Medium
- oil on fabric
- Culture
- France, 19th century
- Department
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 147523
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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- Credit line
- Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
- Provenance
- Until 1881: Probably Paul de Laage, sold to Goupil & Cie. | 1881-1887: (Goupil & Cie, Paris) | 1887: (Goupil & Cie sale, Hôtel Drouot, May 25-27, 1887 (no. 43), sold to Hector Brame) | 1887-: (Hector Brame, Paris) | Until 1908: Paul-Arthur Chéramy [1840-1912], Paris | 1908: (Chéramy sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, May 5-7, 1908 (no. 159), probably sold to Schoeller or Haro on behalf of Comte André Pastré | Probably 1908 - at least: Comte André Pastré [1888-1960], Paris | Until 1952: David David-Weill [1871-1952], Paris, to his wife, Flora David-Weill | By 1963 - probably 1970: Flora David-Weill [1878-1970], Paris | By 1972: (Robert Schmit, Paris, probably sold to E.V. Thaw) | 1973-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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