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1870 painting by Jules Joseph Lefebvre
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
- ^ "La Vérité". musee-orsay.fr. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ "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.
External links
Media related to La Vérité by Jules Joseph Lefebvre at Wikimedia Commons
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