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The Truth (Lefebvre)

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The Truth
French: La Vérité
ArtistJules Joseph Lefebvre
Year1870
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions264 cm × 112 cm (104 in × 44 in)
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris

The Truth is an 1870 oil-on-canvas painting by the French painter Jules Joseph Lefebvre. It is in the Musée d'Orsay, in Paris, since 1982.[1]

The Truth was exhibited during the 1870 Salon and was bought by the French state in 1871.

The painting depicts a naked woman standing, facing the viewers. Her right hand extends above her head, holding a golden mirror, her left hand seems to be holding a stick or staff, and her right leg is bent, shifting weight onto her left hip.

The painting is contemporary with the first small scale model made by Lefebvre's fellow-Frenchman Frédéric Bartholdi for what became the Statue of Liberty, striking a similar pose, though fully clothed.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "La Vérité". musee-orsay.fr. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  2. ^ "A One-Picture Painter". Evening News. No. 13, 776. New South Wales, Australia. 3 August 1911. p. 6. Retrieved 6 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
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