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title: Liberty Leading the People, 28 July 1830: Marianne, Symbol of the French Republic
author: Eugène Delacroix
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/22007/liberty-leading-the-people-28-july-1830/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 2026-08-10
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# Liberty Leading the People, 28 July 1830: Marianne, Symbol of the French Republic

_Authored by Eugène Delacroix_

## Image File

[![Liberty Leading the People, 28 July 1830: Marianne, Symbol of the French Republic](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/22007.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/22007.jpg)

## Image Caption

*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](https://www.worldhistory.org/French_Revolution/), leading revolutionaries over a mound of corpses.

Louvre Museum, [Paris](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/paris/).

## Bibliography

- [Le 28 juillet 1830. La Liberté guidant le peuple - Louvre site des collections](https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010065872 "Le 28 juillet 1830. La Liberté guidant le peuple -  Louvre site des collections"), accessed 4 Aug 2026.

## Cite This Work

### APA
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
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
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/>.

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