Number 2: The Face of The Statue of Liberty Could Be That of a Man

When you think of the Statue of Liberty do you see it as a she most people are positive it’s a representation of the Roman goddess of freedom Libertas the widely accepted theory is that Bartoli modeled her face after his mother author and journalist Elizabeth Mitchell however claims that the sculptor actually used his brother’s face as a model as she was studying the photographs of bartholdi’s family the writer noticed his mother had a different eyebrow shape thinner nose and lips and smaller mouth then she pointed out the striking resemblance between the sculptors brother in his adult years and the statue because of his mental health condition bartholdi’s brother spent years at the hospital and Frederic would spend hours watching him that could have helped him recreate his face in every detail another theory was presented by French writer Nathalie Salman who claims Lady Liberty was modelled after her ancestor Sarah Salman according to her Bart Foley saw Sarah’s features particularly beautiful even though she had emigrated to the United States she and her husband visited the sculptor at his studio when they briefly went back to Paris in 1875 he could have used that opportunity to draw Sarah and later use those images as a model.