Allegory of the Constitution, The Dutch Virgin, seated on a throne with a stick with a hat of liberty in hand, points to a chained figure in the foreground (the rejected Constitution). She is flanked by a woman with a palm branch and by a female personification of Justice holding a column together with another woman (the new Constitution), Abstract Ideas and Concepts (allegorical scene, ie two or more personifications involved in an action), Justice, 'Justitia', 'Giustitia divina' (Ripa), one of the Four Cardinal Virtues, personification of a city, town-patron (ess) (variant), Pieter Hendrik Jonxis (mentioned on object), Utrecht, 1772 - 1843, paper, engraving, h 114 mm × w 113 mm
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Allegory, Constitution, Dutch Virgin, seated, throne, stick, hat, liberty, hand, points, chained figure, foreground, rejected Constitution, flanked, woman, palm branch, female personification, Justice holding, column together, another woman, new Constitution, Abstract Ideas, Concepts, allegorical scene, ie two, personifications involved, action, Justice, Justitia, Giustitia divina, Ripa, Four Cardinal Virtues, personification, city, town-patron, ess, variant, Pieter Hendrik Jonxis, mentioned, object, Utrecht, 1772, 1843, paper, engraving
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