Bernardino Mei, 1656 - Allegory of Justice (Iustitia) - fine art print

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Målningen är en allegori där den kvinnliga gestalten i förgrunden, Iustitia, personifierar det abstrakta begreppet "rättvisan". Hennes attribut är vågskålen och svärdet. Den öppna boken nedtill till vänster är 'Institutiones Justiniani', en del av 'Corpus iuris civilis', en kodifiering av den romerska rätten, som sammanställdes på 500-talet på order av kejsar Justinianus I (483-565 e.Kr.) och fick stort inflytande över rättsvetenskapen i både öst och väst.

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This 17th century piece of art was created by the male Italian painter Bernardino Mei. The 360 year old work of art measures the size: Height: 114,5 cm (45 ″); Width: 156 cm (61,4 ″) Framed: Height: 144,5 cm (56,8 ″); Width: 186,5 cm (73,4 ″); Depth: 15 cm (5,9 ″). What is more, the piece of art is included in the Nationalmuseum Stockholm's collection, which is Sweden's museum of art and design, a Swedish government authority with a mandatet o preserve cultural heritage and promote art, interest in art and knowledge of art. With courtesy of - Nationalmuseum Stockholm & Wikimedia Commons (public domain).: . The alignment of the digital reproduction is landscape with a ratio of 1.4 : 1, meaning that the length is 40% longer than the width. The engraver, painter Bernardino Mei was an artist, whose artistic style can be attributed primarily to Baroque. The Italian artist was born in the year 1612 in Siena, Siena province, Tuscany, Italy and deceased at the age of 64 in 1676.

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