Justice, from The Virtues
An engraved print shows a standing female figure draped in flowing robes, holding a raised sword in her right hand and a pair of scales in her left. She gazes to the side against a distant hilly landscape under a cloudy sky. Fine hatching models the folds of her garments.
- Artist
- Jacob Matham
- Date
- c. 1593
- Medium
- Engraving on ivory laid paper
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 2265 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1598).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston, anonymous, and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds