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 of Germany becoming a nation is now shriveled. 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.