Personificatie van de Rechtvaardigheid Iustitia. NL-HlmNHA 1477 53010744

A seated female figure representing Justice is shown in a dynamic pose, holding an upright sword in one hand and a balanced scale in the other. She is set against a background of classical buildings and a bridge with small figures in the distance. The engraving features the elaborate drapery and stylized anatomy typical of late 16th-century Dutch art.

Justice is one of the four cardinal virtues, which in Neoplatonic and Renaissance moral philosophy represented the necessary harmony of the soul and the alignment of human law with divine cosmic order. This work reflects the intellectual climate of the Haarlem circle, where the cultivation of virtue was seen as an essential spiritual and civic pursuit.