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Justice

Justice
 (c. 1510)
from The Seven Cardinal Virtues series, (1510)

Medium
woodcut
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
woodcut
Measurements
16.4 × 7.3 cm (sheet)
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
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
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

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