CHINARD, Joseph
(b. 1756, Lyon, d. 1813, Lyon)

The Republic

1794
Terracotta, height 35 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

This small statuette is the kind of small sculpture that was mass-produced for supporters of the Revolution. It shows an immobile classical figure with Phrygian cap holding two tablets inscribed "The Rights of Man."




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