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record xmlns http:www.loc.govMARC21slim xmlns:xsi http:www.w3.org2001XMLSchema-instance xsi:schemaLocation http:www.loc.govstandardsmarcxmlschemaMARC21slim.xsd leader nkm 22 a 4500 controlfield tag 007 kh|mo| 008 s flunnn| ||||ineng datafield ind1 8 ind2 024 subfield code a A01-NFF0600 040 FHM 049 FHmm 1 100 Delacroix, Eug e Artist : painter 0 245 Liberty Leading the People. 2 246 Liberty Leading the People (July 28, 1830). 260 c 1830 340 b 260 x 325 cm. Oil on canvas. 500 Design Date: 1830 (signed & dated) Beginning Date: 1830 520 Delacroix was not actively involved in the three days of July 1830, known as the Trois Glorieuses, which saw out the autocracy of Charles X and brought in Louis-Philippe's parlementary monarchy. But liberal and romantic as he was, he was keen to celebrate the 28 July, when Parisians took up arms in the vain hope of restoring the Republic. The allegorical figure of Liberty waves the tricolour flag and storms the corpse-ridden barricades with a young combatant at her side. Realism and epic vision work together. Reviled by conservatives, the work was bought by Louis-Philippe at the 1831 Salon. Soon after, it was hidden for fear of inciting public unrest. 4 651 Paris, France. 653 Style: French Romantic. School: Romantic. Movement: Romanticism. French. Painting; 655 Painting 710 Musee du Louvre. ID=FPL 773 t Art and Art History Collection (Saskia) |