Bonaventura. Lithographed by Geoffroy.—Curtis, 258.
JUSTA, ST., Murillo, Stafford House,
London; H. 3 ft. × 2 ft. 2 in. Half-length,
in yellow robe and blue mantle, standing
three-quarters right, looking up. Companion
to St. Rufina (Stafford House). Probably
from Altamira sale (1827), £325 10s.,
though Lord Gower thinks the two belonged
to Marshal Soult. Engraved by Blanchard,
père.—Curtis, 257; Gower, Hist. Gal. of
England.
JUSTICE, Raphael, Camera della Segnatura,
Vatican; fresco, medallion on ceiling.
Female figure, crowned with diadem, holds
sword in right hand and scales in left.
Painted in 1512. Engraved by R. Morghen,
and others.—Müntz, 311, 316, 350.
JUSTICE AND VENGEANCE, Pierre
Paul Prud'hon, Louvre, Paris; canvas, H. 8
ft. × 9 ft. 6 in.; signed, dated 1808. At left,
in a rocky desert place, lighted by the moon,
a man, poniard in hand, flees from his victim,
a young man whose dead body, nude,
is stretched on the ground; above, flying,
are Vengeance, with a torch, ready to seize
the murderer, and Justice, with the sword
and scales. Painted for the Palais de Justice;
afterwards in Luxembourg; placed
in Louvre in 1826. Copy by Géricault in
Louvre. Engraved by Roger, Hocquart, A.
Gelée.—Villot, Cat. Louvre.
JUSTINA, ST., Moretto, Vienna Museum;
wood, H. 6 ft. 3 in. × 4 ft. 5 in. St. Justina
standing, palm in hand, with unicorn by her
side as emblem of chastity; at the right, a
knight kneeling; background, picturesque
landscape, a city and mountains. Painted
about 1535; long in Hofburg, Innspruck,
whence taken in 1662 to
Castle of Ambras and afterwards
to Vienna. Long attributed
to Pordenone.—C.
& C., N. Italy, ii. 404.
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Martyrdom of St. Justina, Paolo Veronese, S. Guistina, Padua.
JUSTINA, ST., MARTYRDOM OF, Paolo Veronese, S. Giustina, Padua; canvas. St. Justina of Padua, accused of being a Christian, is put to death by order of the Emperor Maximian. She is kneeling with outstretched arms while the executioner, standing behind, thrusts his sword into her bosom; two other standing figures at right and two at left. Painted about 1568. Replica in the Uffizi, Florence. Engraved by Agos. Carracci (1582); Lasinio.—Lasinio, Gal. de Florence, i. Pl. 47; Bartsch, xviii. 78; Soc. Ed. & Paris, Gal di Firenze, Pl. 73; Ridolfi, Marav., ii. 32.
JUSTINIAN PROMULGATING THE PANDECTS, Raphael, Camera della Segnatura, Vatican; fresco, left of window. The emperor in a purple mantle, seated, giving the books to Tribonianus, kneeling; behind the throne, six jurists, two of whom, Theophilus and Dorotheus, hold the books of the new Institutions and the Constitutions. Illustrates the consecration of Civil Law; companion piece to Gregory promulgating
