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Engraving of a haloed robed figure standing on a lion, holding a raised sword and a balance scale, with dense hatched lines.

Justice

An engraving of a haloed, robed figure standing on a lion, holding a sword raised in one hand and a pair of balance scales in the other. Fine parallel hatching models the drapery, the lion's mane and the rays of the halo, against a pale paper ground. The signature monogram appears at lower center.

Artist
Albrecht Dürer
Date
before 1503
Medium
Engraving on laid paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
2107 × 2903 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1502).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Español: Justicia, grabado de Alberto Durero

Un grabado que muestra una figura con aureola y vestida con una túnica, de pie sobre un león, con una espada alzada en una mano y una balanza en la otra. Un trazado fino de líneas paralelas modela los pliegues de la tela, la melena del león y los rayos de la aureola sobre un papel claro.

Português: Justiça, gravura de Albrecht Dürer

Uma gravura que mostra uma figura com auréola e vestes, em pé sobre um leão, segurando uma espada erguida em uma mão e uma balança na outra. Hachuras finas e paralelas modelam as dobras do tecido, a juba do leão e os raios da auréola sobre um papel claro.

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