"allegory to the liberation of portugal from the french yoke" (1813), by arcângelo fuschini. Property of the ajuda national palace (on loan to the constitutional court since 1985). On the centre, on a pedestal over a stone dais with three steps, stands a bust of the prince regent, which lysia (personification of portugal) embraces. Two putti crown the bust with a laurel wreath. To the left, the three theological virtues (faith, hope, and charity) are also about to be crowned in laurels and, at their feet, the tagus looks on at the prince. By the pedestal, sitting on one of the three stone steps, the genius of patriotism holds broken shackles on his right hand and an open book on his left hand: the constitution. Next to the small genius, the christian faith raises a golden shield with a bas-relief monstrance on it, banishing the french enemy, dressed like a roman centurion. Christian faith wears an orange dress with long sleeves and a long white cape with a hood that covers her long wavy hair. Next to her, the bare-chested lusitanian genius raises his sword and strikes the enemy, holding him by his cape so that he doesn't run away. The french backs away, with his sword down and looks up to the heavens, where a bolt of lightning appears to strike him. With his right hand, the french holds a manacle to which a child and a man are confined. Above, among the clouds, the hand of god holds a golden set of scales, the weighing pan on portugal's side heavier. Object Type: painting. Genre: allegory. Date: 1813. Depicted People: João VI of Portugal. Collection: Palace of Ajuda. Alegoria da Libertação de Portugal ao Jugo Francês (1813) - Arcângelo Fuschini
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