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Source Description
The bust-length personification of Justice appears as a golden figure cloaked in green and white enamel garments against a blue enamel background. The engraved outline of the face is highlighted with red enamel as is the lettering. This technique and combination of colors is characteristic of enamels made in the vicinity of Cologne, Germany, in the second half of the 12th century. Justice and its mate, Charity (Walters 44.100), plausibly were part of a series illustrating virtues adorning a book cover, reliquary shrine or portable altar.
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Document identity
localId
31356
label
Justice
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
31356
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Justice
description
The bust-length personification of Justice appears as a golden figure cloaked in green and white enamel garments against a blue enamel background. The engraved outline of the face is highlighted with red enamel as is the lettering. This technique and combination of colors is characteristic of enamels made in the vicinity of Cologne, Germany, in the second half of the 12th century. Justice and its mate, Charity (Walters 44.100), plausibly were part of a series illustrating virtues adorning a book cover, reliquary shrine or portable altar.
provenance
A. Tollin, Paris, by purchase; Sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, May 20, 1897, no. ???; Jacques Seligmann, Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1922, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1170-1180 (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Enamels
plaques
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
4.1
height
2.5
depth
0.3
dimensionsRaw
1 5/8 x 1 x 1/8 in. (4.1 x 2.5 x 0.3 cm)
Source extras
cul
Rhenish
style
Romanesque
inscriptions
In red enamel on gold gilded scroll above Justice's head: IUSTICIA; [Translation] Justice.Stamped with maker's mark on reverse.
med
champlevé enamel on gilded copper
creator_ids
5094
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MED
exhibition_ids
192
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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