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False Justice
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False Justice

Jeremias Wachsmuth · 1721 - 1771 · etching; paper

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

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Allegory on a flawed Justice. Justice holds a balance scale with a man with bound hands on one side and coins, which are heavier, on the other. She stands on a book inscribed 'Corpus Iuris'. A pig bites the book. To the left of Justice, a man stoops under a heavy disc with a cross. Behind her stands a personification of Cunning and Deceit with a knife in her mouth and a mousetrap on her head. Below, a tiger bites the neck of a child. With a four-line verse in German and two lines in Latin. Numbered in the upper right: u.u.u.2.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineFoute Rechtvaardigheid. 1721 - 1771. Jeremias Wachsmuth. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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