Innocence and Justice
c. 1761
Artists
Description
The symbolical figure of Innocence sits at the left heavily draped, turned one quarter right, holding a dove in her hands, which are at her right side; the figure of justice sits at the right, heavily draped, turned one quarter right, with her head in profile; she holds the scales in her left hand and by her right side is an ostrich. The figure with a dove is copied from the symbolical figure of Innocence who sits at the left of Leo I in Giulio Romano's fresco in the Sala di Constantino. The one at the right is copied from Justice who sits to the left of Pope Urban in the same room. Justice appears in reverse in the second series of aquatints for the Saint-Non publication (pl. 60) in the center of the page, with a figure of Polidoro at either side. The legend is "Frago del . . . Saint Non Sc. 1772."
Dimensions
19.5 x 27.6 cm (7 11/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
Provenance
Richard Owen, Paris; Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Richard Owen, inv. no. 1931.245
Related Artworks
View MoreBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk and gray wash
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and wash with touches of black and red chalk on off-white antique laid paper; framing line in black ink, mounted overall
18th centuryFrenchBrown wash (unfiltered bistre) over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk counterproof on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and brown ink with traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, incised, framing lines in black chalk, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and gouache on cream antique laid paper, with framing line in black ink, laid down on cream laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper, extended on three sides on the upper left and right, framing lines in red chalk and brown ink
17th-18th centuryFrenchPen with black ink and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack and red chalk with touches of black and white chalk, and white gouache on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench