“Women from Mesolongi”

Vasileiou Spyros
8.5 x 7.5 cm
Woodcut
History

It is depicted on a circular surface-piece of land a group of women in a solid semi-circular arrangement. They are dressed in black, in an attitude of supplication, all with covered heads. Similar facial features. The last one, lower right, has a swaddled baby on her knees. The background is composed of the waves of the sea and complemented at the upper right by a sailing ship with open sails.

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