A footnote to Eugène Delacroix's Liberty leading the people

Author

Hoffman, Edith Warren

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Source : notes in the history of art. 1990, Num. 3, Vol. 9, p. 24-30, 3 ill.

ISSN

0737-4453

Abstract (en)

Offers an interpretation of the seminude cadaver with single-stockinged foot who is sprawled at Liberty's feet in Delacroix's 1830 painting (Paris, Louvre). Relates the nude figure to classical images of the fallen Hector, and shows that the single stocking identifies the figure as a martyred, saintlike person who sacrificed himself for the cause of liberty and the establishment of a new era in France.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- France
• Delacroix, Eugène, 1798-1863
• Painting
• Liberty Leading the People || Delacroix, Eugène, 1798-1863 || Paris (FRA)//Musée national du Louvre
• Musée national du Louvre||Paris (FRA)
• France
• 1800-1900
• Iconography
• Heroes
• Saints
• Hector
• July Revolution (France: 1830)
• Feet
• Stockings

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- France
• Delacroix, Eugène, 1798-1863
• Peinture
• La Liberté guidant le peuple || Delacroix, Eugène, 1798-1863 || Paris (FRA)//Musée national du Louvre
• Musée national du Louvre||Paris (FRA)
• France
• 1800-1900
• Iconographie
• Héros
• Saints
• Hector
• Révolution de juillet (France: 1830)
• Pied
• Bas [costume]

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920101-00418272

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