Justice Disarmed
by GIORDANO, Luca, Oil on canvas, 168 x 286 cm
Luca Giordano follows Cesare Ripa’s description of Justitia, depicting the figure of Justice in a gold-rimmed white dress and a blue mantle. In this figure the influence of the Venetian Cinquecento can be feet. The source may have been the figure of Venice in Veronese’s ceiling painting in the Palazzo Ducale.