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Loose oil sketch of Greek soldiers and civilians under a stormy sky, a man in blue raising a blue and white flag.

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De overgeblevenen van het garnizoen van Mesolongi op het moment dat de mijn waardoor ze zullen omkomen, aangestoken wordt, Ary Scheffer (1826), Dordrechts Museum. Via artnap.com

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This painting shows a group of armed men and women gathered on a rocky slope under a turbulent sky, with a figure in a blue and white jacket raising a blue and white flag. Figures in the foreground lie or huddle together, while others gesture toward the distance. The work is by Ary Scheffer, dated 1826, and held by the Dordrechts Museum.

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