Madame Roland on the scaffold. Manon Roland, on the scaffold, turns to a statue representing liberty and pronounces the famous formula (probably apocryphal): “O Liberty, how many crimes are committed in your name!”. Oil on canvas painted by unknown, late 19th century. Collection: Lambinet museum, Versailles, France. Public Domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Forside 1754 Madame Roland on the scaffold. Manon Roland, on the scaffold, turns to a statue representing liberty and pronounces the famous formula (probably apocryphal): "O Liberty, how many crimes are committed in your name!". Oil on canvas painted by unknown, late 19th century. Collection: Lambinet museum, Versailles, France. Public Domain.