The Conquerors of the Bastille before the Hotel de Ville

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Title

The Conquerors of the Bastille before the Hotel de Ville

Subject

Liberalism

Description

This is an oil on canvas painting called The Conquerors of the Bastille before the Hotel de Ville by a French artist named Delaroche Hippolyte. This painting was created in 1789 when people were on the verge of protests and rebellions of the revolution. The painting depicts a scene of chaos and clamour among people in front of a hotel. There are luggages and suitcases flying everywhere which shows the distress. This painting can be essential to the topic of liberalism as it tries to portray a scene from a time period where the country was going through so many changes politically, economically and socially.

Creator

Anvitha Bollarpanda

Source

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/xir71739fre/the-conquerors-of-the-bastille-before-th-xir71739-fre/

Date

1789

Contributor

PBS.org

Type

Painting

Citation

Anvitha Bollarpanda, “The Conquerors of the Bastille before the Hotel de Ville,” 19th & 20th Century Europe, accessed March 29, 2024, https://europeanhistory.omeka.net/items/show/161.