The original background of this painting probably resembled that of G?icault's Mounted Officer.  
The original background of this painting probably resembled that of G?icault's Mounted Officer.  Now housed in the Louvre, the foreground depicts a child clambering for his mother, a woman lamenting a dying man, and a Turk riding a fiery steed, to which are chained several prisoners.  Subtitled Greek Families Awaiting Death or Slavery, name this Delacroix painting inspired by the Greek war of independence against the Turks.
The original background of this painting probably resembled that of G?icault's Mounted Officer.  
The Massacre at Chios