Who was the model for the face of liberty? Sculptor Frédéric Bartholdi had many inspirations, including this one woman.

On November 26, 2024, Paris’s Artcurial auction house will present a rare 1875 terracotta maquette of the Statue of Liberty, made by French sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi. This early study of one ...

Social media users have been sharing a picture online which they claim shows the woman who was the model for the Statue of Liberty. Most users falsely identify the woman as Isabelle Boyer-Singer.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The Statue of Liberty was the work of French sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi. For more than a century, people have wondered about the model ...