Justice (after Quellinus)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1675 - 1688
Materials
Oil paint and wood
Measurements
1143 x 762 mm
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Tredegar, Newport
NT 1553519
Summary
Painting. An oil painting on panel, full-length standing allegorical female figure of Justice (after Quellinus), British (English) School, c1675. Justice (one of the four Virtues) stands blind-folded, holding a sword in her right hand and scales in her left, symbolic of power and justice. After an engraving by Hubertus Quellinus (Antwerp 1619 - Antwerp 1687), published in 1665-1668, after sculptural figures by his brother, Artus II Quellinus (Antwerp 1609 - Antwerp 1688) in the Vierschaar (High Court) in Amsterdam Town Hall.
Provenance
In situ in Gilt Room since 1675. Part of the collection on loan to the National Trust from Newport Museum and Galleries. In March 2012 the National Trust took over the management of Tredegar House with its contents and its 90 acres of gardens and parkland, from Newport City Council for a period of 50 years.
Credit line
Tredegar House, The Morgan Collection (on loan to the National Trust from Newport Museums and Galleries)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist after Flemish School, artist Artus Quellinus I (Antwerp 1609 - Antwerp 1688), sculptor Hubertus Quellinus (Antwerp 1619 - Antwerp 1687), engraver (printmaker)
References
Lord 2000 Peter Lord, The Visual Culture of Wales: Imaging the Nation, Cardiff University of Wales Press, 2000, p. 58, fig.82