02178nam a2200217Ia 4500001001000000100003400010101000800044200006500052210000900117215003300126300143300159608001301592650001801605700010801623801000701731856007801738857009001816909001101906920003001917991001301947Π.493eng  a20140611d9999 m y0grey0103 ga  aeng1 aThe Army Camp of Karaiskakisb[Painting]fVryzakis Theodoros  d1855  a145 x 178 cm [Oil on canvas]  aThis painting depicts the army camp of General Karaiskakis at Phaliron during Greek preparations to capture the Acropolis, besieged by the Turks, in April 1827. Greeks and philhellenes are arranged along a section in the foreground, while in the mid-ground on the right, the eye is guided towards the hill from which the leading officers of the army survey the battle field. In the background on the left can be seen the Acropolis. Almost in the centre, a Greek is leaning against an ancient marble in an allusion to the heritage of classical Greece. On the right, a priest is blessing the fighters. The officer in the blue uniform on the left is Bavarian philhellene Krazeisen, to whom the Greeks are grateful. He captured for posterity the figures of the 1821 freedom fighters as we know them today. It is from these drawings that Vryzakis sourced the portraits of the fighters on the hill: Karaiskakis, Makrygiannis, Tzavelas, Notaras, the Scot named Gordon, Englishman Hastings and Karl von Heideck, looking towards the Acropolis through a telescope. Heideck, who had first-hand experience of these events, painted the same subject, and Vryzakis quoted his painting much later, in 1855. The Greek flag sways on the top right. The gold-red and brown colours characteristic of Vryzakis' work are also pre-eminent in this painting. The description blends tension and suspense with release provided by charming genre interludes.  aPainting  aOil on canvas 1aVryzakis Theodorosf(1814 or 1819 - 1878)uhttps://www.nationalgallery.gr/en/artist/vryzakis-theodoros/  a59  uhttps://www.nationalgallery.gr/en/artwork/the-army-camp-of-karaiskakis-2/  ahttps://www.nationalgallery.gr/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/61350_2000_2000-500x407.jpg  aΠ.493  aDonated by the University  aPAINTING