Count Demetrius de Palatiano in Suliot Costume

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

The Greek war of independence in the 1820s was a source of great interest for the rest of Europe. The exotic costumes of Greek soldiers, or Palikares, were popular subjects for artists. Count Palatiano was a flamboyant Greek aristocrat who often posed for Delacroix and his colleagues in Paris.

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