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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...

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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 | Christoffel van Sichem II | Joachim Wtewael

1605

Medium

Engraving

Tags

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)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Willem van Swanenburg

1566 |1581 |1546 –1638 |1612 |1624 • Netherlandish|Netherlandish|Netherlandish

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