The Fall of Constantinople
Panagiotis Zographos · 1839
Why it's great
A Greek folk-style painting shows the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453 like a map, with soldiers and ships all around the city. Panagiotis Zographos made it in the 1830s as part of a series for a Greek general who had fought for independence.
🏛️ Part of history
Byzantium & the Fall of Constantinople (527–1453) — A Greek folk-style painting shows the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453 like a map, with soldiers and ships all around the city.
Where to see it
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Panagiotis Zographos was a Greek painter from the Peloponnese who lived in the 1800s. He painted a famous series of scenes of the Greek War of Independence in a bright folk style, after the memories of the general Makriyannis, who hired him in the 1830s.
