Athena2.0009_Delacroix

Athena2.0009_Athena

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Eugène Delacroix, "Le 28 Juillet. La Liberté guidant le peuple (28 juillet 1830) (Liberty Leading the People)," 1830, oil on canvas, Paris, Louvre

Dramatic painting of Liberty leading people over barricades and fallen bodies, holding a flag and rifle, with a city in background

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