Allegory of Justice depicting a street scene with a shepherd giving a sheet of paper to a judge at left, who rejects it, from Thronus Justitiae, tredecim pulcherrimus tabulis..., plate 11
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 13/16 × 14 3/4 in. (30 × 37.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956
Accession Number
56.597.40(13)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the intricate world of 17th-century Dutch allegory with *Allegory of Justice*, plate 11 from the series *Thronus Justit, tredecim pulcherr tabulis...* (Throne of Justice, with thirteen most beautiful plates). Created in 1605, this engraving captures a bustling street scene where a humble shepherd extends a sheet of paper to a stern at left, only to face rejection. The collaboration of Mannerist painter Joachim Wtewael, engraver Willem van Swanenburg and woodcutter Christoffel van Sichem brings vivid life to this moral tableau, measuring 11 13/16 × 14 3/4 inches. Engravings like this...