Allegory of Justice

1606

Willem van Swanenburgh

Artist, Dutch, 1580 - 1612

Christoffel van Sichem I

Publisher, Dutch, 1546 - 1624

Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael

Artist After, Dutch, c. 1566 - 1638

Willem Swanenburgh, after Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • 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.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.611

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 61, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

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

Inscriptions

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

Wikidata ID

Q76557331

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