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The Kiss of Peace and Justice

1654

Laurent de La Hyre

(French, 1606–1656)
Culture
France, 17th century
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
Framed: 68.5 x 89 x 6.5 cm (26 15/16 x 35 1/16 x 2 9/16 in.); Unframed: 54.9 x 76.2 cm (21 5/8 x 30 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1971.102
Public Domain
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Location
212 Baroque Painting and Sculpture
Print
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Did You Know?

While the figures of Peace and Justice may refer to Psalm 85:10, the peaceful, pastoral landscape is described in Psalm 85:12.

Description

The figures of Peace (burning the weapons of war) and Justice (holding a sword and scales) embrace in a quiet landscape. The Latin inscription under the antique urn reads “Justice and Peace kissed” (referring to an Old Testament verse, Psalms 85:10). The subject may have had political significance: the painting’s date coincides with the end of the Fronde, a period of civil war in France during which the parlement (courts of appeal) and the nobility sought—unsuccessfully—to limit the power of the monarchy
Horizontally oriented oil painting depicting two people with light skin tone embracing in the lower left among a leafy green landscape. One person, on our right and back to us, holds a scale and sword hilt with their right hand and wraps their left arm around the neck of the second person. This person, looking at the first, presses a flaming torch into armor at their feet. Wooly sheep surround a fountain in the greenery.

The Kiss of Peace and Justice

1654

Laurent de La Hyre

(French, 1606–1656)
France, 17th century

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