Design of a Title-page, Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, 1618

Title(s)

Design of a Title-page

Object type

• drawing

Object number

RP-T-1898-A-4068

Description

Justitia op een sokkel met aan weerszijden figuren.

Artist

• draughtsman: Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne

Dating

1618

Physical features

pen and brown ink, with grey wash and opaque lead white (oxidised); outlines indented for transfer; framing line in brown ink

Material

• paper
• ink
• deck paint

Technique

pen / brush

Measurements

height 194 mm × width 145 mm

What

• Justice, 'Justitia'; 'Giustitia divina' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues
• Justice; 'Forza alla giustitia sottoposta', 'Giustitia', 'Giustitia retta', 'Giustitia rigorosa', 'Impietà e violenza soggetta alla giustitia' (Ripa) (+ abstract concept represented by female figure)

Credit line

• D. Franken Bequest, Le Vésinet

Acquisition

bequest 1898

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance