Question

Describe what you see in Fig. 17. What historical events could Hübner be
referring to in this allegorical vision of the nation?​

Answer 1

Answer:

the painted depicted germania as a fallen women with the crown and stick thrown aside because German people hope to be United under one monarch. it represented the loss of hope as the monarch rejected their demand in 1848. the crown and stick are symbol of monarchy.

Answer 2

Julius Hübner painted this picture of Germania, allegory of the german  nation, in 1850, 2 years after the national assembly at frankfurt was rejected by the monarchs. In the foreground of the picture, there are symbols of absolutism and germania lies before it. This shows that the united hope if germans becoming a nation is now shrivelled and the entire nation falls down before the monarchy.

Thus, the frankfurt parliament being forced to disband, by the monarchs, was the event Hübner is referring to in his painting.