Justice | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: G8649
People: Pieter Bruegel, the Elder, Netherlandish (Breda (?), Belgium 1526/30 - 1569 Brussels, Belgium)
Title: Justice
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: The Seven Cardinal Virtues
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: c. 1560
Culture: Netherlandish
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/276068

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 22 × 28.7 cm (8 11/16 × 11 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: lower center, in plate: IVSTICIA
inscription: lower center, in plate:
SCOPVS LEGIST EST, AVT VT EV QVĒ PVNIT E MENDET, AVT POENA / EIVS CAETEROS MELIORES REDDET AVT SVBLATIS MALIS CAETERI SECVRIORES VIVAT.
inscription: verso, lower left, brown ink: lebruegle

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Keppel & Co.], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1927

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: i/i
Standard Reference Number: Bastelaer no. 135; Hollstein 135; New Hollstein 16; Lebeer no. 33

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number: G8649
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Prints and Drawings from the Time of Holbein and Breugel, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 11/21/1985 - 01/12/1986

Verification Level

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G8649: Justice