Justice, holding scales, points to a woman squeezing her breasts, representing the role of justice in nourishing mankind. Engraving by G. Audran, 1675, after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.
- Domenichino, 1581-1641.
- Date:
- 1675
- Reference:
- 2897458i
- Pictures
About this work
Publication/Creation
[À Paris (rue St. Jacques à l'Aigle)] : [chez N. Bonnart]
Physical description
1 print : etching ; platemark 35.7 x 27.3 cm
Lettering
La justice gouverne, et nourit les hommes. Bienheureux ceux qui ont faim, et qui ont soif de la justice. Mat. 5. ... Pein du Dominiquain à Rome dans l'église St Charles ; G. Audran sculp. Romae 1675
Notes
One print in a set of four prints of the four cardinal virtues by Gérard Audran after Domenichino
References note
A.P.F. Robert-Dumesnil. Le peintre-graveur français: ou catalogue raisonné des estampes ..., volume 9, Paris: G. Warée, 1865, p. 301, no. 121 (edition published by Joullain)
Not found in: Roger-Armand Weigert, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome I, Paris 1939, pp. 124-149 (prints by Gérard Audran)
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2897458i
Language note
Lettering includes the Latin texts of the French Biblical quotations describing the attributes of the virtues
Type/Technique
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores