Delacroix’s Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople Restored to Its Original Glory Collection news Restoration Following a meticulous course of conservation treatment, Eugène Delacroix’s Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople is returning to the Red Rooms, joining a number of other famous works by the artist. By restoring the piece’s colours to their original brilliance, once darkened by yellowed varnish, the conservators’ work has allowed its complex significance to shine through once more. Commissioned in 1838 by King Louis-Philippe I, the Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople (12 April 1204) was one of many artworks intended to decorate the historical galleries of the Château de Versailles. The painting was completed in 1840 and displayed at the 1841 Paris Salon, then found a more permanent home in the neo-Gothic Crusades Rooms in Versailles.…