Tuesday, 3 October 2023

Liberty gets a facelift

 Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People has been temporarily removed from display in the Louvre as part of an ongoing programme of conservation.  The painting is expected to be back on display in Spring 2024.

Delacroix's The Death of Sardanapalus has already been successfully restored to new vibrancy and painterly detail. 

Iconic French 'Liberty' painting to don 'renewed radiance' as Louvre Museum plans facelift | Life (news24.com)

Delacroix's 'The Death of Sardanapalus' Restored - Art History News 

Here is Melvyn Bragg and guests discussing Delacroix's painting in 2011:
BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People

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