Bartholdi based the statue on the Roman goddess Libertas, who is usually depicted wearing a Phrygian cap, traditionally worn by freed Roman slaves. In Bartholdi’s final model, the broken chains ...

Bartholdi based the statue on the Roman goddess Libertas, who is usually depicted wearing a Phrygian cap, traditionally worn by freed Roman slaves. In Bartholdi’s final model, the broken chains ...

The figure of Liberty—who recalls the Roman goddess Libertas, while donning the soft cap made popular during the French Revolution—has the bare-breasted, barefooted body of a real woman ...

It is the figure of a robed woman representing the Roman goddess Libertas. The statue quickly became an icon of freedom and of the United States. It remains a welcoming sight to immigrants ...