Allegory of Justice, 1606

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series Title

Thronus Iustitiae (Plate 12)

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 30 x 40.2 cm (11 13/16 x 15 13/16 in.)

sheet: 31 x 41.4 cm (12 3/16 x 16 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 61, State only

Accession Number

2012.92.611

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: CVSichem edit: et excud: IWtewael inuentor. GSwaneb: sculp: ; below image: Judicis officium moderatur sanctio legis, / Nec plus, quam causae flagitat ordo potest / Ergo ubi cognito solemni more peracta est. / Nil superest praeter dicere jura reis. / Nec fas est sontem poenis absoluere, nedum / Criminis exortem dedere supplicio. / Regi plura licent , non ut tamen omnia possit, / Sed veniae tantum jusque salutis habet; below image, at left: XII

Provenance

(Hill-Stone Fine Prints & Drawings, New York); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 6, 2007; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Hill-Stone, Inc.
Kainen, Jacob, Mrs.

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. 61, only