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Liberty
Jean-François Millet1848-49
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
<em>Liberty</em> relates to Jean-François Millet's entrance into the 1848 competition for an official painted figure representing the second French Republic. Millet did not win the competition and his painted <em>Republic</em> no longer exists, but this representation of a related concept—liberty—was inspired by his contest participation. He also drew allegories of the other two fundamental concepts in French Republicanism: equality and fraternity.
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- Title: Liberty
- Creator: Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875)
- Date Created: 1848-49
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 47.2 x 31.7 cm (18 9/16 x 12 1/2 in.)
- Provenance: Quincy Adams Shaw [1825-1908], Boston, by descent within family, Family of Quincy Adams Shaw, Boston, (Parke-Bernet, New York, Nov. 24, 1939, no. 12), Beatrice H. Shore, New York, sold to Shepherd Gallery, New York, (Shepherd Gallery, New York, sold to Muriel Butkin, Shaker Heights, OH), Muriel Butkin [1916-2008], Shaker Heights, OH, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2008.395
- Medium: black chalk and pastel
- Department: Drawings
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Credit Line: Bequest of Muriel Butkin
- Collection: Drawings
- Accession Number: 2008.395
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