Inquisition, Justice Blindfolded

Justice stands blindfolded as people around her are being tortured. The Latin motto at the bottom reads: The aim of law is either through punishment to correct him who is punished, or to improve the others by his example, or to protect the generality by overcoming the evil. Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525/1530 - September 9, 1569) was the most significant painter and printmaker of the Dutch and Flemish Renaissance movement. Among his greatest successes were a series of allegories, among several designs adopting many of the very individual mannerisms of his compatriot Hieronymus Bosch: The Seven Deadly Sins and The Virtues. The sinners are grotesque and unidentifiable while the allegories of virtue often wear odd headgear. Engraving by Philippe Galle after a drawing by Pieter Bruegel

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