Liberty Leading the People painting
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Title
Liberty Leading the People painting
Subject
Liberty Leading the People painting
Description
Liberty Leading the People is a work of the artist Eugène Delacroix in the year 1830, to commemorate the July Revolution of the same year. This painting depicts the image of a woman wearing a Phrygian cap and holding the tricolor flag of the French Revolution while leading a group of people. It is currently displayed at the Louvre in Paris.
The woman can be identified as Marianne – the symbol of the French Revolution or France in general. Although this artwork is not the earliest painting of Marianne, it is one of the most well-known.
Reference:
Wikipedia. 2022. "Liberty Leading the People." Last modified April 14, 2022 (17 April 2022).
The woman can be identified as Marianne – the symbol of the French Revolution or France in general. Although this artwork is not the earliest painting of Marianne, it is one of the most well-known.
Reference:
Wikipedia. 2022. "Liberty Leading the People." Last modified April 14, 2022 (17 April 2022).
Creator
Le Nguyen Diem Ha
Citation
Le Nguyen Diem Ha, “Liberty Leading the People painting,” Augustus in Saigon!?, accessed October 23, 2024, https://augustusinsaigon.uni-trier.de/items/show/86.