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Justice and Peace
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Justice and Peace

Johannes Wierix · 1575 - 1577 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Allegory on Justice and Peace in Christianity. The female personifications of Justice and Peace sitting side by side and embracing. Angels on both sides and above. In the background on the left Moses with the tablets of the law, on the right Christ on the cross. In the richly ornamented frame, the personifications of Reason (Ratio), Peace (Pax), and Justice (Justitia), the symbols of the Law (Lex) and Faith (Fides), and references to biblical texts. Emblem print on faith, ca. 1560. With an inscription of 4 times 4 lines in Latin.

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printJustice, 'Justitia''Pace' (Ripa)
Credit lineDe Rechtvaardigheid en de Vrede. 1575 - 1577. Johannes Wierix. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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