La Justice Protégé les Arts / Gilles Demarteau / After Nicolas Cochin

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Accession Number
2012/2.182
Title
La Justice Protégé les Arts
Artist Nationality
French
Artist Life Dates
1729-1776
Object Creation Date
circa 1763-1767
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.
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Image Size
2371 x 3529
File Size
1 MB
Record
2012/2.182
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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 March 19, 2024.
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