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Copy after the frescoes in the Arena Chapel, Padua by Giotto showing a detail of the freize of Virtues and Vices : Injustice.

Painting
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Watercolour drawing, monochrome gray. Allegory of Injustice: an old man in a ruined building seated on a bench blocked by shrubbery. He holds a sword.


Object details

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Object type
Titles
  • Copy after the frescoes in the Arena Chapel, Padua by Giotto showing a detail of the freize of Virtues and Vices : Injustice.
  • Copy after Virtues and Vices (Injustice), Giotto in the Arena Chapel, Padua (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour
Brief description
Watercolour, copy after the Virtues and Vices (Injustice), Giotto in the Arena Chapel, Padua, Arundel Society watercolour
Physical description
Watercolour drawing, monochrome gray. Allegory of Injustice: an old man in a ruined building seated on a bench blocked by shrubbery. He holds a sword.
Dimensions
  • Height: 258mm
  • Width: 154mm
258 x 154 mm
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed on top, capital letters: Iniusticia
Translation
Injustice
Object history
Transfered in 1995 from the National Gallery of London.
Watercolour copy made for the Arundel Society, not published.
Bibliographic reference
Tanya Ledger, A Study of the Arundel Society 1848-1897. Unpublished thesis submitted for degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford, 1978, p. 292
Collection
Accession number
E.149-1995

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Record createdMarch 24, 2009
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