The Truth is an 1870 oil-on-canvas painting by the French painter Jules Joseph Lefebvre.

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 model for the painting was the well-known French actress Sophie Croizette [fr].

[2] 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.