Red chalk drawing of a seated woman in flowing robes gazing upward, holding scales, with a sword resting beside her.

Justice, Red Chalk Drawing after Edme Bouchardon

A seated female figure gazes upward, her head tilted back, while she holds a pair of scales in one hand and rests the other against a tall sword with a hilt. Loose draped robes fall across her body and bare feet, drawn in red chalk on pale paper with soft, sketchy shading.

Artist: Style of Edme Bouchardon
Date: n.d.
Medium: Red chalk on ivory laid paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 2654 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1762).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

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