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Hans Burgkmair, the Elder
Justice (c. 1510)
woodcut
16.4 × 7.3 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
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Justice
(c. 1510)
from The Seven Cardinal Virtues series, (1510)
Medium
woodcut
Measurements
16.4 × 7.3 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
The Illustrated Bartsch 53 iii; Hollstein 294 iii; Dodgson vol. II p. 83
Edition
3rd state
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.l.-u.r.: DIE. GERECHTIKAI
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: HB
inscribedi n pencil l.r.: 26
inscribed in pencil on small backing sheet l.l.: B.53
inscribed in pen and brown ink on backing sheet l.c.: Hans Burgmair. / 1473
inscribed in pencil on backing sheet on reverse l.c.: 49
stamped in purple ink on backing sheet on reverse c.: NATIONAL GALLERY / OF VICTORIA (in oval) (Lugt 1932g)
inscribed in pen and ink on large backing sheet c.l.: German School / Woodcuts / 1278/3 / 889D (D in superscript)
inscribed in pencil on large backing sheet c.: Colln (n in superscript) Jas Forbes Young / R.S. 889 (in a circle)
Accession Number
1278.541-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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Subjects (general)
Allegory and Symbols Human Figures Law, Civics and Protest
Subjects (specific)
balances (scales) Justice (allegorical character) personification swords virtue Virtues (allegorical characters) women (female humans)
Movements
Renaissance