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The Kiss of Peace and Justice

1654

Laurent de La Hyre

(French, 1606–1656)

France, 17th century

Oil on canvas

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.)

John L. Severance Fund 1971.102

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212 Baroque Painting and Sculpture

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 85:11). 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

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Inscription

signed lower right: L. De La Hyre. / in. & F. 1654 [inscribed on stone in center: IVSTITIA ET PAX / OSCULATAE SUNT / Psal. 84]

Provenance

Evrard Titon du Tillet, Paris, probably 1762; Randon de Boisset, Receveur General des Finances, Paris (sale: Paris, February 27—March 25, 1777, no. 170); Joulin [Joullain?]; Marquis de Sabran; purchased by J. B. P. Lebrun in 1796 for Mr. Codman (see Literature, 1935); (sale: Christie's, London, November 27,1970, no. 52, illus., and dated 1659); Lady Nathan; [Cyril Humphris, London). John L. Severance Fund, 1971.

Citations

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 173 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. Mentioned: p. 76-78; Reproduced: p. 77

Exhibition history

CMA, 1972: "Year in Review for 1971," Bull., LIX (Jan., 1972), p. 42, no. 53, repr. p. 12.

New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 26-August 22, 1982: "French Painting in the 17th Century," cat. # 34, pp. 251-252, repr. clr. p. 158 Also to: Chicago, IL, The Art Institute of Chicago, 9/18-11/28/82

Grenoble, France, Musee de Grenoble, January 13-April 3, 1989: "Laurent de La Hyre," cat. #

Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (6/19/2005 - 6/19/2005) and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX (7/15/2005 - 10/15/2005): "The Splendor of Ruins in French Landscape Painting, 1640-1800"

Year in Review: 1971. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1971-February 6, 1972).

Idea to Image: Preparatory Studies from the Renaissance to Impressionism. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 19-March 23, 1980).

Laurent De La Hyre. Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France (organizer) (January 14-April 10, 1989).

The Splendor of Ruins in French Landscape Painting, 1640-1800. Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (organizer) (March 19-June 19, 2005); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX (July 15-October 15, 2005).

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