Allegorie op de vrijheid 1701

"Allegorie op de vrijheid" (Allegory of Freedom), painted in 1701 by Dutch artist Mattheus Terwesten, depicts a woman, likely representing the personification of Liberty, seated with a raised arm, holding a staff. Two putti attend her, one carrying a bundle of arrows and the other holding a helmet. The work, which is now in the Rijksmuseum, utilizes the allegorical and mythological tropes popular in Baroque art to explore the concept of freedom.