Allegory of Justice (Sanctity of the Law) with a court scene depicting a man being pardoned by a judge, plate XII from "Thronus Justitiae, tredecim pulcherrimus tabulis..."

Willem van Swanenburg Netherlandish

After Joachim Wtewael Netherlandish

Publisher Christoffel van Sichem II Dutch

1605

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Title: Allegory of Justice (Sanctity of the Law) with a court scene depicting a man being pardoned by a judge, plate XII from "Thronus Justitiae, tredecim pulcherrimus tabulis..."
Series/Portfolio: Thronus Justitiae, tredecim pulcherrimus tabulis...
Artist: Willem van Swanenburg (Netherlandish, ca. 1581/82–1612)
Artist: After Joachim Wtewael (Netherlandish, Utrecht 1566–1638 Utrecht)
Publisher: Christoffel van Sichem II (Dutch, ca. 1581–1658)
Date: 1605
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: sheet: 11 9/16 x 16 3/4 in. (29.3 x 42.5 cm)
image: 10 5/8 x 15 13/16 in. (27 x 40.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Object Number: 2012.136.902
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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