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Justice
About the Artwork
After working in Rome in the 1510s, Giulio Romano became the court artist to Federico II Gonzaga, 1st Duke of Mantua (r. 1530–40), where his universal talents as an architect, designer, and painter transformed the duke’s unadorned Palazzo del Te into an elaborate setting for leisure and courtly activity. It was through drawings that Giulio planned everything from the most important narrative sequences of the palace to the most seemingly insignificant ornamental details. This drawing is preparatory for the frescoed figure of Justice, which appears on the vaulted ceiling of the Camera di Attilio Regolo painted between 1530 and 1534. Justice appeared between narrative scenes that exemplified the moral virtue of ancient military leaders and of the duke.
Provenance
Sir Peter Lely [1618-1680] (Trinity Fine Art, London, United Kingdom) Matthew Rutenberg, New York, NY 2021: (Sotheby's, New York, NY) January 27, 2021: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Giulio Romano (Italian, 1492/99–1546)
- Date
- 1530–34
- Medium
- pen and brown ink and wash within brown ink and red chalk framing lines
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 18 x 9.8 cm (7 1/16 x 3 7/8 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Accession no.
- 2021.1
More by Giulio Romano in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00011304
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