Entry of the Crusaders in Constantinople
1840 Louvre Museum
About this artwork
This monumental oil painting depicts the controversial entry of the Fourth Crusade into Constantinople in 1204, a pivotal event in medieval history. It was commissioned by King Louis-Philippe and completed by Delacroix in 1840.
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Eugène Delacroix's painting captures the dramatic and often brutal reality of the Fourth Crusade's sack of Constantinople in 1204. This event, where Western European crusaders turned on the Christian city of Constantinople, remains one of the most controversial episodes in the history of the Crusades. The painting vividly portrays the chaos and suffering inflicted upon the city's inhabitants by the victorious crusader army.
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Entry of the Crusaders in Constantinople
Eugène Delacroix, 1840
