Justice and Strength, Two Octagonal Designs

A pen and ink drawing with brown wash shows two octagonal panels stacked on a sheet. The upper panel has a seated crowned female figure holding a scale, flanked by a winged putto with a fasces and another holding a tablet. The lower panel shows a seated helmeted figure beside a shield and winged putti.

Artist

Felice Giani

Date

1812

Medium

Pen and dark brown ink, brush and greyish-brown wash over traces of graphite on textured laid paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

3758 × 4000 px

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