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The Combat of the Giaour and Hassan is the title of three works by Eugène Delacroix, produced in 1826, 1835 and 1856. They all show a scene from Lord Byron's 1813 poem The Giaour, with the Giaour ambushing and killing Hassan, the Pasha, before retiring to a monastery.[1] Giaour had fallen in love with Leila, a slave in Hassan's harem, but Hassan had discovered this and had her killed.

1826 version

In 1824, Delacroix recorded in his diary his experience of reading The Giaour and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage,[3][4][5] probably in their 1819–1824 French translations by Amédée Pichot.[1] His first version was presented to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1826 for an exhibition.[1]

This version shows the Giaour and Hassan, both on horseback, fighting in a gorge.[6] A Turk escorting Hassan kneels beside the Giaour's horse, trying to cut its legs with his knife.[6]

1835 version

Now in the Petit Palais in Paris, the second version.[1] Unlike the 1825 version, it focuses entirely on the two riders.[1][7]

1856 version

This work is a variant of the two previous versions[8]

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На других языках

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- [en] The Combat of the Giaour and Hassan

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[fr] Combat du Giaour et du Pacha

Combat du Giaour et du Pacha est le nom de trois tableaux orientalistes à l'huile sur toile, du peintre français Eugène Delacroix. Inspiré par le poème The Giaour de Lord Byron, il en représente deux des principaux protagonistes, pris dans une lutte d'honneur pour l'amour d'une femme. La première version du tableau est réalisée en 1826 pour l′Art Institute of Chicago. La seconde, datée de 1835, est conservée au Petit Palais, à Paris[1]. La troisième date de 1856.

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