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Justice

Medal
1731 (made)
Artist/Maker
Soldani, Massimiliano (maker)
Place of origin
Italy (made)

An allegorical figure of a woman in flowing drapery reclines on a rock her left arm resting on a pedestal carved with the arms of Pope Clement XII. On her head she carried a helmet and in her left hand a pair of scales. Her right arm is now broken away but appears from the marks on the slate to have held a sceptre or staff the ends of which rested on her leg. Before her are two seated Cupids playing with a fasces. To the right and left there are ruins and trophies. These portions of the composition have at some time broken away from the slate and been badly reset.


Object details

Categories
Coins & Medals
Waxes
Sculpture
Object type
Medal
TitleJustice
Materials and techniques
Wax
Wax
Brief description
Wax, Italian, by Massimiliano Soldani (1656-1740), 1731
Physical description
Relief in pink wax on slate. An allegorical figure of a woman (Justice) in flowing drapery reclines on a rock her left arm resting on a pedestal carved with the arms of Pope Clement XII. She wears a helmet and carries a pair of scales in her left hand. Her right arm is now broken away but appears from the marks on the slate to have held a sceptre or staff the ends of which rested on her leg. Before her are two seated cupids playing with a fasces. To the right and left ruins and trophies (?). These portions of the composition have at some time broken away from the slate and been badly reset. Above, the inscription: EXPECTATA VENIS. In the exergue: MDCCXXI.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 8.25cm
Marks and inscriptions
Above, 'EXPECTATA VENIS' and in the exergue the date 'MDCCXXI'.
Object history
Model for reverse of medal of Pope Clement XII.
Subjects depicted
Justice
Fasces
Summary
An allegorical figure of a woman in flowing drapery reclines on a rock her left arm resting on a pedestal carved with the arms of Pope Clement XII. On her head she carried a helmet and in her left hand a pair of scales. Her right arm is now broken away but appears from the marks on the slate to have held a sceptre or staff the ends of which rested on her leg. Before her are two seated Cupids playing with a fasces. To the right and left there are ruins and trophies. These portions of the composition have at some time broken away from the slate and been badly reset.
Bibliographic references
  • Kämpf, T. 'Shaping Ideas: new Evidence on Massimiliano Soldani and the Numismatic Wax Bozzetto' The Medal. no.32. Spring 1998. pp.23-30, pp.26-7, fig. 5.
  • Trusted, Marjorie. ed. The Making of Sculpture. The materials and techniques of European Sculpture. London. 2007. p.7, pl.117.
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.39-1932

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Record createdMarch 12, 2004
Record URL
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