Liberty Leading the People
Eugène Delacroix · 1830
- Artist
- Eugène Delacroix
- Year
- 1830
- Technique
- oil on canvas
- Movement
- Romanticism
- Location
- Museu do Louvre, Paris
De onde vem o dado
About this image
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What Romanticism is
When and how "Liberty Leading the People" was painted
"Liberty Leading the People" is a work by Eugène Delacroix, made in 1830 — more than 196 years ago — using oil on canvas, associated with Romanticism.
The original of "Liberty Leading the People" is on display today at the Museu do Louvre, in Paris (França), and the image on this page is a public-domain photographic reproduction of that same painting, not a photo of the venue.
Why "Liberty Leading the People" is considered significant
"Liberty Leading the People" regularly appears on lists of the world's most famous paintings for representing Romanticism of the 19th century well, and for having influenced generations of artists after Eugène Delacroix.
This site covers only this one work by Eugène Delacroix; the artist's own page has the full biographical context.
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Public domain
A work whose copyright protection has expired — usually decades after the author's death, the exact term varies by country — so it can be freely reproduced, including on an ad-supported site.
Oil on canvas
A painting technique using pigment mixed with a drying oil (such as linseed oil), applied to a linen or cotton canvas stretched over a frame.
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