In which museum is Eugène Delacroix's 'Liberty Leading the People' displayed?

Eugène Delacroix’s “Liberty Leading the People” is displayed in the Louvre Museum in Paris.

Delacroix painted the large oil canvas in 1830 to commemorate the July Revolution, which overthrew King Charles X. Its central female figure personifies Liberty and carries the French tricolour over a barricade, leading workers, students and soldiers past the fallen. She is also associated with Marianne, the symbolic figure of the French Republic.

A frequent mix-up is the date of the event. The painting does not depict the French Revolution of 1789; it responds to the July Days of 1830. Delacroix combined contemporary political imagery with Romantic drama, using smoke, movement and intense colour rather than presenting a literal documentary record.

The French government bought the painting in 1831, but its political message soon made officials cautious about displaying it. It eventually entered the Louvre’s collection in 1874. After a major restoration, the work returned to display in 2024, with brighter colours and previously obscured details visible again.