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The Entry of the Crusaders in Constantinople (Entrée des Croisés à Constantinople) or The Crusaders Entering Constantinople is a large painting by Eugène Delacroix. It was commissioned by Louis-Philippe in 1838, and completed in 1840.
La Entrada de los Cruzados en Constantinopla (Entrée des Croisés à Constantinople) es una gran obra de Eugène Delacroix encargada por Luis Felipe I de Francia en 1838 y terminada en 1840. La obra está pintada al óleo sobre lienzo con unas medidas de 498cm x 410cm.
Entry of the Crusaders in Constantinople illustrates an episode of the Fourth Crusade (1202-4), organized under the impetus of Pope Innocent III. Turned away from their original goal - the reconquest of the Holy Places which had been occupied by the Moslems since 1187 - the Christians, under the leadership of Count Baldwin of Flanders and the ...
14 de oct. de 2023 · The Fourth Crusade set out to liberate the Holy Land and the city of Jerusalem from Muslim occupation, but instead found the Byzantine capital Constantinople an easier target, and pillaged it. Given the fact that this was a royal commission, and the Crusade was largely French backed, you might expect an upbeat picture showing the Crusaders ...
Delacroix's painting depicts a famous episode of the Fourth Crusade (12 April 1204), in which the Crusaders abandoned their plan to invade Muslim Egypt and Jerusalem, and instead sacked the Christian (Eastern Orthodox) city of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire.
Title: The Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople, after Delacroix. Artist: Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris) Artist: After Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris) Date: ca. 1860. Geography: Country of Origin France. Culture: French.
The Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople 1840. 410 x 498 cms | 161 1/4 x 196 ins Oil on canvas Musee du Louvre Paris | France
