1848
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Liberty is a 1848 by Jean François Millet, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a woman in a long dress, holding a flag and standing on a raised area. She's a symbol of freedom. The story behind this painting is interesting - it was inspired by the artist's participation in a competition to represent the French Republic. To learn more about the artist's style and other works, visit the museum where this painting is held, The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Liberty relates to Jean-François Millet's entrance into the 1848 competition for an official painted figure representing the second French Republic. Millet did not win the competition and his painted Republic no longer exists, but this representation of a related concept—liberty—was inspired by his contest participation. He also drew allegories of the other two fundamental concepts in French Republicanism: equality and fraternity.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Jean-François Millet (French pronunciation: ; 4 October 1814 – 20 January 1875) was a French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France.
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