Efígie da República

The effigy is a representation of a young woman wearing a crown of bay leaves in Roman style and a phrygian cap. It is present in allegoric paintings and sculptures displayed in government buildings throughout Brazil, and engraved on Brazilian real coins and banknotes. It was first used as a pro-Republican icon in the 19th century, inspired by France's Marianne. After the proclamation of the Republic in 1889, it became an important symbol of the newly formed Republic.

The Portuguese {{Lang|pt|Efígie da República}} is represented as a young woman wearing the phrygian cap, probably modeled after Marianne, the French personification of Liberty, familiar from Eugène Delacroix' Liberty Leading the People (1830). As a national distinction, the Portuguese Republic is represented wearing green and red clothes.{{Citation needed|date=April 2015}}

The {{Lang|pt|Efígie da República}} was adopted as a Portuguese State official symbol after the 5 October 1910 revolution, when the Republic substituted the Monarchy in Portugal. Before that, it was used as a political symbol by the Portuguese republicans. Later, the sculpture of Simões de Almeida, representing the Busto da República (Bust of the Republic), became the standard for official use. A reproduction of the Bust of the Republic had to be present, in prominence, in all public buildings and was also present, as an effigy, in the escudo coins. It was considered by the new republican regime as a national symbol of Portugal, like the national coat of arms or the national flag.[https://dre.pt/application/file/418516 Portaria n.º 497 de 16 de outubro de 1915 (Determinando que na sala das audiências e sessões de todos os tribunais se coloque o busto da República)]

Although the original intention was for the {{Lang|pt|Efígie da República}} to become considered as the personification of the own Portuguese Nation, it never gained popularity in that role. Usually it remains seen only as the personification of the republican regimen, and not as a national symbol. While frequently used in the first half of the 20th century, its use today is rare.{{Citation needed|date=April 2015}}

File:Estremoz13.jpg|Effigy of the Portuguese Republic, 1910

File:Décio Villares - A República.jpg|Profile view of the Brazilian republic. Oil on canvas painting by Décio Villares, 1919.

File:2 Brazil real Second Obverse.jpg|Effigy of the Federative Republic of Brazil on a 2 Reais banknote.

File:PRT008.JPG|Effigy of the Portuguese Republic on a 50 centavos coin (1912-1968).

File:Pela República, Roque Gameiro.png|The main figures of the Republican faction of the 5 October 1910 revolution.

File:Busto da República (1908) - José Simões de Almeida (sobrinho), Museu da Presidência da República.png|Official Bust of the Portuguese Republic, by José Simões de Almeida, 1908

File:A República, de Anjos Teixeira, 1916, Câmara das Sessões - Palácio de São Bento.jpg|Effigy of the Portuguese Republic in the São Bento Palace, by Anjos Teixiera, 1916

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• Marianne, a similar representation, for France

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