Liberty Leading the People

Permanent Link:

http://usf.sobek.ufl.edu/SFS0035229/00001

Material Information

Title:

Liberty Leading the People

Alternate title:

Liberty Leading the People (July 28, 1830)

Physical Description:

Photograph

Language:

English

Creator:

Delacroix, Eug ( Artist : painter )
Musee du Louvre. ID=FPL

Publication Date:

1830

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:

Paris, France
Style: French Romantic
School: Romantic
Movement: Romanticism
French
Painting;

Genre:

Painting
Painting
picture   ( marcgt )

Notes

Summary:

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.

General Note:

Design Date: 1830 (signed & dated)

General Note:

Beginning Date: 1830

Record Information

Source Institution:

University of South Florida Library

Holding Location:

University of South Florida

Rights Management:

All applicable rights reserved by the source institution and holding location.

Resource Identifier:

usfldc doi - A01-NFF0600
usfldc handle - a1.nff0600

System ID:

SFS0035229:00001