The State as Arbitrator for Industry, Education and the Military (study for lunette)

A painted study for a semicircular mural shows a robed, bearded figure holding a balance scale at center, while a seated worker in a loincloth and kneeling men with tools gather at left. A draped woman in white stands at right beside a stone pedestal, under a decorative border. Watercolor and tempera give the scene soft, muted tones.

Artist

Louis Schaettle

Date

ca. 1916

Medium

pencil, tempera and watercolor on paperboard

Source

Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)

Size

2190 × 1200 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum