Alexander the Great Seated in Justice, 1606

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series Title

Thronus Iustitiae (Plate 10)

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 29.9 x 37 cm (11 3/4 x 14 9/16 in.) (trimmed to plate mark)

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 59, State only

Accession Number

2012.92.610

Artists / Makers

Willem van Swanenburgh (artist) Dutch, 1580 - 1612

Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael (artist after) Dutch, c. 1566 - 1638

Christoffel van Sichem I (publisher) Dutch, 1546 - 1624

Image Use

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Inscription

in image, at bottom left: IWtewael inuent. / G. Swaneb. sculp. 1606; in image, at right: CVSichem editor: et excud:; below image: Regis Alexandri non est laus clarior ulla / Quam quod juris erat justitiaeque tenax. / Nil pruis edixit quam partes audiit ambas, / Integer ut dempto jure favore daret. / Proebuit ergo unam duntaxat agentibus aurem, / Altera sollicitis mansit operta reis. / Quilquis in auditum damnat, vel crimine solvit, / Aequa licet statuat non tamen aquus erit; below image, at left: X

Provenance

(David Tunick, Inc., New York); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased April 18, 1974; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Kainen, Jacob, Mrs.
Tunick, Inc., David

Bibliography

1949: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger; no. 59, only