xml/lby.00114.xml Icons of Liberty: Le Siege de Paris

J.-L.-E. Meissonier, Le Siege de Paris (1870)

J.-L.-E. Meissonier, Le Siege de Paris (1870). Oil on canvas, 53 x 70 cm. Musée d'Orsay. Messionier's painting shows the Parisians defending themselves from Bismarck's aggression.

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