The artist prepared for this work by completing two studies: Head of a Woman and Orphan Girl at the Cemetery.
The artist prepared for this work by completing two studies: Head of a Woman and Orphan Girl at the Cemetery. A man holding a rifle in the center of this work is shadowed by one of his companions and is behind an embracing couple. Of the two central groups in this work, the one on the left is shorter and is capped by a man in a red fez. An (*) infant in one corner of this work is shown face-down, grabbing his dead mother's breast, and above that can be seen a woman whose arm is tied to a horse. The most prominent figure in this painting is a dark skinned man in a turban who appears ready to kill the others in the foreground. For 10 points, name this painting about the title Ottoman slaughter on a Greek island, by Eugene Delacroix.
The artist prepared for this work by completing two studies: Head of a Woman and Orphan Girl at the Cemetery.
The Massacre at Chios