Identification title(s): design for a ceiling with an allegorical representation of fama and justitia. Object type: drawing design object number: rp-t-1913-29(v). Manufacture. Manufacturer: draftsman: mattheus terwesten. Dating: 1680 - 1757. Physical characteristics: pen and brush in brown, underdrawing in graphite. Material: paper graphite ink technique: pen / brush. Dimensions: h 405 mm (top left corner missing) × w 316 mm. Subject: what: fame; 'fama', 'fama buona', 'fama chiara' (ripa). Justice; 'forza alla giustitia sottoposta', 'giustitia', 'giustitia retta', 'giustitia rigorosa', 'impietã e violenza soggetta alla giustitia' (ripa). Justice, 'justitia'; 'giustitia divina' (ripa) ~ one of the four cardinal virtues(decorated) ceiling. Acquisition: purchase 1913. Date: between 1680 and 1757.
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