03 — ARTWORK
Justice (detail)
- MEDIUM
- Oil and virgin wax on plaster
- TYPE
- Mythological
PALETTE
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- FILE
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COMMENTARY
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Art historians enumerated the many reminiscences in the decoration of the SalonIn the French language of the 18th and 19th centuries it designated an actual exhibition space, as well as the academic art exhibitions staged in the Salon d'Apollon of the Louvre since 1667. From 1737, the exhibitions took place biennially and, after the French Revolution, annually in the Salon Carré of the Louvre in Paris. Towards the end of the 19th century the official Salon jury was dissolved in order to make way for a committee of state-approved artists, i.e. former Salon members, who created the highly influential Société des Artistes Français. du Roi. They form part of the 'dictionary' that Delacroix had constituted for his own use, and a recreation in his own colours and forms of illustrious works from the past. Thus, In the friezea horizontal band of architectural decoration; in a classical entablature, the horizontal member band between the architrave and the cornice. of Justice, the old man offers a clear parallel with the Prophet Jeremiah in the Sistine Chapela small separate place for worship, either part of a large church or a separate building..
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Justice (detail) by DELACROIX, Eugène},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-13},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/delacroix-eugne-r44dd9951dc0def/justice-detail-rbfdf890a64b3f5},
urldate = {2026-09-13},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-13. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
