Justice takes up the pen, Reason dictates, Gilles Demarteau

Justice takes up the pen, reason dictates. Justice, scales in hand, hands a pen to the defender of the royal academy (a figure draped in antique style, seated on the left), reason dictates its plea, while painting and sculpture receive the assault of the opposing winds without being moved. Date: 18th century. Dimensions: 22,4 cm x 17,5 cm. Medium: ink, intaglio, pencil. Collection: Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon. La Justice fait prendre la plume, la Raison dicte