Justice, from "The Virtues" (Les Vertus)

An etching of a standing woman in flowing drapery, holding a upright sword in one hand and a pair of scales in the other, her head turned toward the scales. Behind her rise towers, rooftops and a church spire under a cloudy sky, and a Latin inscription runs along the bottom margin.

Look closer: The signature 'Bosse in. et sc.' and the printer's credit 'Herman Weyen excud.' appear in small type at the bottom margin.

Artist

Abraham Bosse

Date

1636

Medium

Etching

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2635 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951