Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi

Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi
ArtistEugène Delacroix
Year1826
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions2.09 m × 1.47 m (82 in × 58 in)
LocationMusée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, Bordeaux

Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi (French: La Grèce sur les ruines de Missolonghi) is an 1826 oil painting by French painter Eugène Delacroix, now preserved at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux. It was first exhibited at the Galerie Lebrun in 1826 with later exhibitions at Hobday's Gallery in London in 1828 and the Musée Colbert in Paris in 1829. It is likely that the painting was finished between the middle of June and the middle of August of 1826, although the exact date is unknown.

The painting serves as an allegorical painting of Greece's struggle for independence and resistance against the Ottomans, specifically the fall of Missolonghi after the Turks besieged the town.

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