The Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople by Delacroix: a historical and dramatic scene of Romanticism
The Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople is an oil painting on canvas by the French painter Eugène Delacroix, created in 1840. It depicts an episode of the Fourth Crusade, when the Latin crusaders seized the Byzantine capital on April 12, 1204. It measures 498 x 410 cm and is housed in the Louvre Museum […]
