Auction on
04 May 2021 - 14:00 (CEST) -
Salle 1 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
With this study for a large painting, Ary Scheffer illustrates a dramatic episode in the violence perpetrated against Greece in the 19th century.
Ary Scheffer (1795-1858), The Souliot Women, oil on canvas, 25 x 33 cm/7.5 x 12.9 in. Result: €26,880
Ary Scheffer (1795-1858), The Souliot Women, oil on canvas, 25 x 33 cm/7.5 x 12.9 in. Result: €26,880
The violence inflicted on a Greek population yearning for freedom from Ottoman domination in the early 19 th century affected Europe deeply at the time, and many intellectuals—headed by Lord Byron—took…
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