| This oil painting's subject is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen promulgated in 1789. The declaration claimed that all men were born free and equal in rights, that all social distinctions could be based only on law and that safety and property were sacred. It affirmed religious freedom, freedom of expression (and therefore press freedom) and underlined that resistance to oppression was an undeniable duty. It also obligated the State to guarantee the safety of its citizens.
(It is essential that the copyright-by-line of this artwork: Musˆme Carnavalet / Roger-Viollet appear next to the image.)
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