Gentleness and Justice Overcome Evil, Bernard Picart, 1718, Medallion depicting a crowned man, the personification of critical judgment, puts his finger on a book, trampling on Envy. He is accompanied by Gentleness with a lamb and Justice with scales. Around the representation the motto: Mansuetudo Tuas Atque Aequum Temerat Iras. Surrounding ornaments with a dog and a cat and center bottom a Medusa head., print maker: Bernard Picart, (mentioned on object), Bernard Picart, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1718, paper, etching, engraving, h 105 mm × w 131 mm

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