La Justice Protégé les Arts / Gilles Demarteau / After Nicolas Cochin
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.182
- Title
- La Justice Protégé les Arts
- Artist
- Gilles Demarteau
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Artist Life Dates
- 1729-1776
- Medium and Support
- crayon-manner engraving, printed in sanguine on heavy laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1763-1767
- Credit Line
- Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
- Dimensions
- 29.53 cm x 19.69 cm (11 5/8 in. x 7 3/4 in.)
- Physical Description
- This crayon-manner engraving printed in sanguine depicts a grouping of figures arranged in a celestial space and positioned against clouds. A large female figure draped in cloth dominates the upper portion of the composition. She holds a set of scales in her left hand. Two female figures, one clothed, one nude, gather below at this figure’s sandaled feet in the center left of the composition. The clothed figure holds a palette and paintbrushes while the nude figure holds a mallet and a sculpted portrait of a man’s face. At the bottom right three male figures, one of whom wrestles a snake, appear to be attacking the female figure holding the palette. A clothed figure donning a helmet protects the figure holding the scales in the upper right.
- Subject Matter
- An allegorical depiction of Justice protecting the Arts.
- Secondary Keywords
- artistic concepts
- artistic devices
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- judges
- measuring devices
- measuring devices for forces
- objects we use
- painting and painting techniques
- painting techniques
- painting techniques by medium
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in law
- people in social science-related occupations
- people in the social sciences and related occupations
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- symbolism
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weighing devices
- weighing devices by form
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2371 x 3529
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2012/2.182
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.182/2012_2_182.jpg
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"La Justice Protégé les Arts; Gilles Demarteau; After Nicolas Cochin." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.182/2012_2_182.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 04, 2024.