Iusticia (Justice)
Artist
Production date
circa 1560
Collection
Object number
WA1863.7808
Material
Engraving; only state
Inscription
Inscribed at lower centre: IUSTICIA; in the margin: SCOPUS LEGIS EST, AUT UT EU[M] QUE[M] PUNIT EMENDET, AUT POENA/ EIUS CAETEROS MELIORES REDDET AUT SUBLATIS MALIS CAETERI SECURIORES VIVA[N]T. [The aim of law is either to correct him who is punished, or to improve the others by his example, or to provide that the population live more securely by removing wrongdoers]
Dimensions
29.2 cm x 22.5 cm
Keywords
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