Justitia und die Wahheit, umgeben von den Personifikationen der vier Elemente

Title

Justitia und die Wahheit, umgeben von den Personifikationen der vier Elemente

Draughtsman

• Jacob de Wit

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• watercolours
• chalk?
• graphite?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• watercolour painting
• brush drawing
• washing
• pencil drawing
• chalk drawing?
• graphite drawing?

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• ceiling painting design

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und bezeichnet unten mittig (mit der Feder in Braun): JdWit invit[?] &[?] F.[?]

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet unten links (mit der Feder in Braun): Blafon - [unleserlich] / [unleserlich] / [unleserlich].
Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• allegory
• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Justitia

Primary

• 41A44 (decorated) ceiling
• 11MM44 Justice, 'Justitia'; 'Giustitia divina' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues - MM - triumph
• 11G25 angels in adoration
• 21 the four elements, and ether, the fifth element