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Allegory of Justice
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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A man kneels and presents a petition or indictment to a royal judge, who refuses to accept the paper. Below the image, two four-line verses in Latin about the judge who must be guided by law, not by tears or pleas.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineAllegorie op de rechtspraak. 1605. Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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