Marianne has been the national personification of the French Republic since the French Revolution, as an emblem of liberty, equality, fraternity and reason, as well as a portrayal of the Goddess of Li
Bust of Marianne sculpted by Théodore Doriot, in the French Senate
Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix (1830), celebrates the July Revolution (Louvre Museum).
Marianne on a poster, the Year III of the Republic
"Freedom for France, freedoms for the French" Marianne (1940)
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
Marianne
…personification of the French Republic since the French Revolution, as an emblem of liberty, equality, fraternity and reason, as well as a portrayal of the Goddess of Liberty. Marianne is displayed in many places in France and holds a place of honour in town halls and law courts. She is depicted in the Triumph of the Republic…
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