Collection Graphics
La Révolution française
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- Title: La Révolution française (The French Revolution)
- Artist: Jean Duplessi-Bertaux (1747-1819)
- Origin: France
- Date: 1793
- Material/Technique: Copper engraving
- Size: 53 x 61,6 cm
Duplessi-Bertaux created an allegory of the French revolution.
"Veritas", hovering in the air, reflects with her implement,
a mirror, the light of the Enlightenment. Symbolically buried
on a catafalque are the insignia of the old powers: the Royal
house, the aristocracy, and the clergy. In the foreground they
are destroyed by Chronos. On the left side the Bastille is shown.
