The Eye of Providence or All-Seeing Eye is a symbol depicting an eye, often enclosed in a triangle and surrounded by rays of light or a halo, intended to represent Providence, as the eye watches over
Eye of God on apse chapel ceiling in the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Lviv
Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson, alongside Abbé Sieyès, and Honoré Mirabeau, were the primary constitutional architects of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, which features the Eye of Providence at the top. Decreed early in the French Revolution by the Assembly in France (1789), the document was illustrated by French artist, Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier (1738-1826).
All-Seeing Eye in a Cape Dutch gable in Stellenbosch, South Africa
The Eye of Providence depicted on the "Vistina – La Verite", a medallion issued by the Masonic Lodge in Skopje, North Macedonia
A conspiracy theory is an explanation for an event or situation that asserts the existence of a conspiracy, when other explanations are more probable. The term generally has a negative connotation, as
Eye of Providence
…of the Universe. Typically, the Masonic Eye of Providence has a semicircular glory below it, and is sometimes enclosed by a triangle. Popular among conspiracy theorists is the claim that the Eye of Providence shown atop an unfinished pyramid on the Great Seal of the United States indicates the influence of Freemasonry…
As seen on the US$1 bill, the Eye of Providence has been perceived by some to be evidence of a conspiracy linking the Founding Fathers of the United States to the New World Order conspiracy theory.
Third Reich Nazi antisemitic propaganda poster entitled Das jüdische Komplott ("The Jewish Conspiracy")