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Original - Liberty Leading the People (French: La Liberté guidant le peuple) is a painting by Eugène Delacroix commemorating the July Revolution of 1830, which toppled Charles X. A woman personifying Liberty leads the people forward over the bodies of the fallen, holding the tricolore flag of the French Revolution in one hand and brandishing a bayonetted musket with the other. This is perhaps Delacroix's best-known painting, having carved its own niche in popular culture.
Edit 1 - Saturated.
Edit 2 - Compared with Louvre.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by PawełMM (talkcontribs) 10:24, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Reason
Liberté, egalité, fraternité! A relatively good quality photo of an absolutely iconic painting. The number of articles it is used in is indicative of the amount of symbolism in this painting.
Articles in which this image appears
Liberty Leading the People, and many, many, many, others.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Eugène Delacroix

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 14:44, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]