The Massacre at Chios
painting by Eugène Delacroix
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Summary
The Massacre at Chios is a painting[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,202 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: Eugène Delacroix[3]
- Owned by: French State[4]
- Genre: Romanticism[5]
- Based on: Chios massacre[6], Head of a Woman[7]
- Depicts: corpse[8], prisoner of war[9], man[10], woman[11], child[12], elderly people[13], Greeks[14], nudity[15], beard[16], headscarf[17], black hair[18], moustache[19], horse[20], soldier[21]
- Made from material: oil paint[22], canvas[23]
- Collection: Department of Paintings of the Louvre[24]
- Inventory number: INV 3823[25]
- Location: Room 700[26]
- Commons category: Scène des massacres de Scio[27]
- Catalog code: 92[28]
- Inception: January 1, 1824[29]
- Exhibition history: Salon of 1824[30], Exposition Universelle of 1855[31]
- Main subject: Chios massacre[32]
- Inspired by: Bonaparte Visiting the Plague Victims of Jaffa[33]
- Location of creation: Paris[34]
- Title: coupe du monde 2014[35]
- Inscription: Eugène Delacroix[36]
- Height: 419[37]
- Width: 354[38]
- Copyright status: public domain[39]
Why It Matters
The Massacre at Chios has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]