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Justice

(Netherlandish, 1523–1605)
(Netherlandish, about 1553–1619)
(Netherlandish, 1537–1612)
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsPlatemark: 18.9 x 13.4 cm (7 7/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 19.9 x 14.3 cm (7 13/16 x 5 5/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP6972
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn plate, upper center: IVSTITIA; in rectangular space below main image: Initium viæ bonæ facere iustitiam: accepta est autem apud/Deum magis quam immolare hostias. Proverb 16./5
ProvenanceFranz Jozef von Enzenberg (1802-1879, Innsbruck); Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York); from whom purchased by the MFA November 1897