Massacre at Chios ~ Delacroix Antique Art Print

Beautiful folio size antique photogravure print from the picture by Eugene Delacroix (click thumbnails above for larger size image)

Printed on heavyweight cream stock. Plate mark present. Reverse side is blank.

It's hard to appreciate the stunning detail and clarity of this print until you see it in person.

A group of the captured men, women and children are huddled together in the foreground, waiting in terror, in stoical indifference, or in fury for what shall be their final disposition by the Turks. At the right, a Turk on a rearing horse has bound a beautiful nude Greek girl to the back of the plunging animal. Her arms are flung above her head in pleading fright, but the rider pays no attention except to cut down with his scimitar the Greek who throws himself against the horse in a futile attempt at rescue. In front of this group sits an elderly woman in the costume of the country, her head turned toward her left shoulder, her eyes wide in anguish, but with no sound coming from her hopeless lips. Leaning against her, thrown flat on her back, with her arms bound behind her and the clothing gone from the upper part of her body, is a young mother, who lies watching in a very torture of helplessness the little naked babe crawling up her breast. At the left of these in front, a man and woman sit close together against a rock. Both are absolutely quiet, in a despair that is emphasized with every curve of the supple figures, and accented by the staring, non-seeing eyes of the man. Another man and his sweetheart are clasped in each others arms. By the side of his father a boy kneels and begs in terrible fear.

Title: The Massacre at Chios (1821)

Publication: Great Masters in the Louvre Gallery

Publication Year: 1899-1900

Publisher: D. Appleton & Goupil & Co. (New York & Paris)

Approximate Page Size (in inches): 12½ x 16¾

Approximate Image Size (in inches): 9¾ x 11¾

Condition: EX. Very clean.