| The Truth | |
| Other Language 1: | French |
| Other Title 1: | La Vérité |
| Artist: | Jules Joseph Lefebvre |
| Year: | 1870 |
| Medium: | Oil on canvas |
| Height Metric: | 264 |
| Width Metric: | 112 |
| Museum: | Musée d'Orsay |
| City: | Paris |
The Truth is an 1870 oil-on-canvas painting by the French painter Jules Joseph Lefebvre. It is in the Musée d'Orsay, in Paris, since 1982.[1]
The Truth was exhibited during the 1870 Salon and was bought by the French state in 1871.
The painting depicts a naked woman standing, facing the viewers. Her right hand extends above her head, holding a golden mirror, her left hand seems to be holding a stick or staff, and her right leg is bent, shifting weight onto her left hip.
The painting is contemporary with the first small scale model made by Lefebvre's fellow-Frenchman Frédéric Bartholdi for what became the Statue of Liberty, striking a similar pose, though fully clothed.[2]