Liberty Leading the People, 28 July 1830, oil on canvas by Eugène Delacroix, September to December 1830.
Depicted here in Delacroix's painting is the bare-breasted allegorical figure of Liberty, a woman of the people. She wears a Phrygian cap that symbolises the French Revolution, leading revolutionaries over a mound of corpses.
Louvre Museum, Paris.
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References
- Le 28 juillet 1830. La Liberté guidant le peuple - Louvre site des collections, accessed 4 Aug 2026.
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APA Style
Delacroix, E. (2026, August 07). Liberty Leading the People, 28 July 1830: Marianne, Symbol of the French Republic. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/22007/liberty-leading-the-people-28-july-1830/
Chicago Style
Delacroix, Eugène. "Liberty Leading the People, 28 July 1830: Marianne, Symbol of the French Republic." World History Encyclopedia, August 07, 2026. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/22007/liberty-leading-the-people-28-july-1830/.
MLA Style
Delacroix, Eugène. "Liberty Leading the People, 28 July 1830: Marianne, Symbol of the French Republic." World History Encyclopedia, 07 Aug 2026, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/22007/liberty-leading-the-people-28-july-1830/.
