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Allegory of Justice (Sanctity of the Law) with a court scene depicting a man being pardoned by a judge, plate XII from Thronus Justitiae, tredecim pulcherrimus tabulis...

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29.3 × 42.5 cm (11.5 × 16.7 in)

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