WIP Markos Botsaris

[JOHNGE]

Markos Botsaris had blond hair.
See his portrait by Italian painter Giovanni Boggi 1826

See also portrait of his cousin Tousias (Athanassios) Botsaris

 

[billyturnip]

Excellent pictures Yannis, thank you.

 

[Trex]

Markos Botsaris had blond hair.

JOHNGE (Yannis) knows his stuff well and if Yannis says so, so it is.
I take my comment about the hair color back and I'll paint my figure blond too.

 

[Oda]

The 75mm Botzaris is true to an existing romantic painting(French I think but can't recall the name) but other than that it is full of inaccuracies.The item of clothing depicted,at least from the waist down, is absolutely alien.It might be that the artist was not familiar with Greek costume and did not know exactly what he was painting or he devised a costume of his own that would look sufficiently outlandish and Balkan for his contemporaries.Great sculpt indeed but otherwise a figure for someone interested in the history of art more than military history.

Oda.

 

[billyturnip]

I've just been doing a little research into the painting myself, well not proper research but Google search.
This is interesting,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Markos_Botsaris#That_painting

 

[billyturnip]

Just a quick update, our friend Markos is finished and I'm just awaiting the arrival of a base, hopefully it will be here tomorrow. I'll then be able to post some photo's of the completed project.

 

[Oda]

Just for future consideration:Odysseus Androutsos(one of the bravest and most ferocious warlords of the Independence),Athanasios Diakos(a most idealistic and tragic figure) and Niketaras(one of the most pure and honest of the struggle).All available by Greek heroes,bearing extreme resemblance to surviving portraits of the aforementioned personalities.

Oda.

 

[billyturnip]

That's great thanks Oda, you have helped me with a very difficult decision re. "future considerations".
My winnings from Portugal winning Euro'16 will be on the way to Athens.