# Greek Women Imploring for Assistance [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [SCHEFFER, Ary]() - Date: 1801-1850 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 65 x 55 cm ## Commentary During the Bourbon restoration monarchy \(I814/15-1830\) Scheffer took an increasingly active part in politics. A supporter of liberal reform, he was a fierce opponent of the conservative Bourbon regime. The Greek independence movement excited his imagination and he produced six works inspired by their struggle against the Turks. Of these the Souliot Women \(Salon of 1827\) and the Greek Women Imploring for Help are two of the most notable. In the latter, the desperate women, fleeing the aftermath of the Battle of Misslonghi, take shelter in a cave, praying for help. ## Related artworks - [Death of Gaston de Foix in the Battle of Ravenna on 11 April 1512]() - [Faust and Marguerite in the Garden]() - [Portrait of a Man at his Desk]() - [Portrait of Frédéric Chopin]() - [The Death of Géricault]() - [The Ghosts of Paolo and Francesca Appear to Dante and Virgil]() - [The Ghosts of Paolo and Francesca Appear to Dante and Virgil]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()