Justice
c. 1357
Artist, Lombard, active 1357 - 1397
Artwork overview
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Medium
marble
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 65 x 20 x 13.9 cm (25 9/16 x 7 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
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Accession
1960.5.5
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Stefano Bardini [1836-1922], Florence.[1] Prince Johan II of Liechtenstein [1840-1929], Vienna, by 1896;[2] Prince Franz I of Liechtenstein [1853-1938]; Prince Franz Josef II of Liechtenstein [1906-1989]; acquired 2 April 1953 by (J. Seligmann & Co., New York);[3] purchased 1954 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1960 to NGA.
[1] Lusanna, Enrica Neri and Lucia Faedo. Il Museo Bardini a Firenze, volume secondo: le sculture, Firenze, 1986: 31.
[2] Bode, Wilhelm von, Die Fürstlich Leichtensteinsche Gemäldegalerie, Vienna, 1896: 130.
[3] See letters to Jacques Seligmann & Company from the Director of the Liechtenstein Collection, dated 2 April 1953, in the Jacques Seligmann & Co. Records, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington: Box 244; copies in NGA curatorial files.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1896
Bode, Wilhelm von. Die Fürstlich Leichtensteinsche Gemäldegalerie. Vienna, 1896: 130.
1927
Kronfeld, Adolf. Führer durch die Fürstlich-Liechtensteinsche Gemäldegalerie in Wien. Vienna, 1927: 184-185, no. 911.
1931
Kronfeld, Adolf. Führer durch die Fürstlich-Liechtensteinsche Gemäldegalerie in Wien. Vienna, 1931: XVIII.
1954
Jacques Seligmann & Co., Inc. A Catalogue of Seven Marble Sculptures of the Italian Trecento and Quattrocento from the Collection of his Highness the Prince of Liechtenstein. New York, 1954: 10-16, 32-33, repro. 15.
1956
Paintings and Sculpture from the Kress Collection Acquired by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation 1951-56. Introduction by John Walker, text by William E. Suida and Fern Rusk Shapley. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1956: 216-218, no. 86, repro.
1959
Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959: 384, repro.
1961
Seligman, Germain. Merchants of Art 1880-1960. New York, 1961: 257.
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 147.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 130, repro.
1976
Middeldorf, Ulrich. Sculptures from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Schools XIV-XIX Century. London, 1976: 11.
1984
Scalia, Fiorenza and Cristina de Benedictis, eds. Il Museo Bardini a Firenze. 2 vols. Florence, 1984-1986: 2(1986): 29 repro., 31.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 31, repro.
1999
Norman Herz, Katherine A. Holbrow and Shelley G. Sturman. "Marble Sculture in the National Gallery of Art: a Provenance Study." In Max Schvoerer, ed. Archéomatériaux: marbres et autres roches: ASMOSIA IV, Bordeaux, France 9-13 october 1995: actes de la IVème Conférence international de l’Association pour l’étude des marbres et autres roches utilizes dans le passé. Talence, 1999: 101-110.
2001
Vergani, Graziano Alfredo. L’arca di Bernabo Visconti al Castello Sforzesco di Milano. Milan, 2001: 131-133, 166, repro. 132.
Markings
y number); on self base, vertically: F552
Wikidata ID
Q63854568