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The Kiss of Peace and Justice
Laurent de La Hyre1654
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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 <em>parlement </em>(courts of appeal) and the nobility sought—unsuccessfully—to limit the power of the monarchy
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- Title: The Kiss of Peace and Justice
- Creator: Laurent de La Hyre (French, 1606–1656)
- Date Created: 1654
- Physical Dimensions: 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.)
- 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.
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.102
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Inscriptions: signed lower right: L. De La Hyre. / in. & F. 1654 [inscribed on stone in center: IVSTITIA ET PAX / OSCULATAE SUNT / Psal. 84]
- Department: European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: France, 17th century
- Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
- Collection: P - French 17th Century
- Accession Number: 1971.102
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