Justice with her attributes. Engraving by J. Frey, 1725, after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.
- Domenichino, 1581-1641.
- Date:
- [1725]
- Reference:
- 3086004i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
She holds a sceptre while cherubs bestow on her a balance and a crown (marking her as a reigning queen). Another cherub (left) holds the fasces, representing power. Below, a standing woman squeezes milk from her breasts, representing the saving of the innocent
Publication/Creation
[Rome], [1725]
Physical description
1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 52.3 x 39.1 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Justitia. Haec regit imperio populos regina potenti, Servat et insontes, damnat et illa reos. Domenichinus pinxit in temp.S. Caroli a Caten. ; Io. Iacobus Freij delin. et sculp. R. 1725
Notes
One print in a set of four prints of the four cardinal virtues by J. Frey after murals by Domenichino in the church of San Carlo ai Catinari in Rome. One of the prints (the present one, Justice) bears the date 1725
References note
Michel Huber, Catalogue raisonné du cabinet d'estampes de feu m. Winckler, Leipzig 1805, vol. 2, pp. 325-326, no. 1505 ("Superbes figures colossales, peintes à fresque dans les angles de l'église de St. Charles de Catenari., Jac. Frey del. et sculp. Rom. 1726. de 21 pouces de haut, sur 15 p. de large. Savante gravure à la pointe et au burin. Belles épreuves et rares")
Reference
Wellcome Collection 3086004i
Type/Technique
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Where to find it
- Impression lacking lettering in bottom margin
Location Status Access Closed stores