Design for a Statue of Justice with Sketches at Left and Above

A standing, draped female figure holds a balance scale aloft in her right hand, her head turned slightly to the left beneath a fillet of cloth. Heavy, flowing drapery wraps her body and falls to a plinth at the bottom. Brown ink and gray wash model the folds, and faint sketches appear at the upper edge and at left.

Look closer: A small sketch of a figure's head appears at the top edge, near the upper center.

Artist

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison

Date

n.d.

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash over traces of black chalk or graphite

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

1903 × 3425 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949