Marianne
Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix (1830), celebrates the July Revolution (Louvre Museum).
Marianne is a significant republican symbol; her French monarchist equivalent is often Joan of Arc.
As a national icon Marianne represents opposition to monarchy and the championship of freedom and democracy against all forms of oppression.
Other national symbols of Republican France include the tricolor flag,
the national motto Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité,
the national anthem "La Marseillaise",
the coat of arms,
and the official Great Seal of France.
Marianne also wore a Cockade and a red Phrygian cap symbolising Liberty.