Liberty (personification)
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The concept of liberty has frequently been represented by personifications, often loosely shown as a female classical goddess. Examples include Marianne, the national personification of the French Rep
La liberté, Nanine Vallain, 1794
Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World), 1886, New York, by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
Freedom Monument, 1928, Kaunas, Lithuania, by Juozas Zikaras
Freedom Monument, 1935, Riga, Latvia, by Kārlis Zāle
Libertas
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Libertas is the Roman goddess and personification of liberty. She became a politicised figure in the late republic. She sometimes also appeared on coins from the imperial period, such as Galba's "Free
Liberty (personification)
…artworks, on United States coins beginning in 1793, and many other depictions. These descend from images on ancient Roman coins of the Roman goddess Libertas and from various developments from the Renaissance onwards. The Dutch Maiden was among the first, re-introducing the cap of liberty on a liberty pole…
Denarius (42 BC) issued by Cassius Longinus and Lentulus Spinther, depicting the crowned head of Libertas, with a sacrificial jug and lituus on the reverse
The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) in New York derives from the ancient goddess Libertas.
Edward Moran Unveiling The Statueof Liberty 1886Large