Delacroix's Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople Restored
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- #Eugène Delacroix
- #Art Conservation
- #Louvre Museum
- Delacroix's painting 'Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople' underwent conservation from May 2025 to April 2026, restoring colors and structural integrity.
- Commissioned in 1838 for Versailles, it depicts the violent 1204 sack of Constantinople and was transferred to the Louvre in 1881.
- Conservation revealed hidden details like a trampled soldier corpse and emphasized enslaved women through vibrant colors and flochetage technique.
- The treatment capped a multi-year campaign on Delacroix's large formats and was supported by Ms. Isabelle Ealet-Corbani.
- The Louvre and Snapchat are collaborating on an augmented reality tool for six museum departments, launching in February 2026.
- Anthony van Dyck's 'Portrait of King Charles I of England' returns after conservation, and the Louvre is restoring historical benches in the Tuileries Garden.